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Exercise for Preventing and Treating Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: July 2011

Workgroups: Osteoporosis Workgroup

In this Cochrane systemic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that exercise has the potential to prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. The review included studies that compared women who exercised to those who didn’t. Researchers found a slightly significant reduction in bone loss due to exercise. They found no effect on preventing fractures. 

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of adults with osteoporosis — O‑01
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

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Howe, T. E., Shea, B., Dawson, L. J., Downie, F., Murray, A., Ross, C., Harbour, R. T., Caldwell, L. M., & Creed, G. (2011). Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011 (7). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000333.pub2