Associations of lifetime walking and weight bearing exercise with accelerometer-measured high impact physical activity in later life

Associations of lifetime walking and weight bearing exercise with accelerometer-measured high impact physical activity in later life

High impact physical activity (PA) is thought to benefit bone. We examined associations of lifetime walking and weight bearing exercise with accelerometer-measured high impact and overall PA in later life. Data were from 848 participants (66.2% female, mean age=72.4years) from the Cohort for Skeleta...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Elhakeem, Kimberly Hannam, Kevin C. Deere, April Hartley, Emma M. Clark, Charlotte Moss, Mark H. Edwards, Elaine Dennison, Tim Gaysin, Diana Kuh, Andrew Wong, Kenneth R. Fox, Cyrus Cooper, Rachel Cooper, Jon H. Tobias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335517301547

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