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NCT Number: NCT02544399

Bone Microarchitecture in Women Practicing Golf

After the age of 50, one in three women and one in eight men will experience at least one fragility fracture during the rest of their lives. It is currently recognized that physical activity has an osteogenic actions, especially when it includes the impact transmitted to the skeleton. In this context, the investigators propose a study to determine whether the regular practice of golf could be particularly beneficial for the skeleton, not only in the lower limbs, due to repeated impacts to the ground when it requires sustained walking, but also the upper limbs due to the impacts transmitted by the club at the time of striking the ball, as has been amply demonstrated with racquet sports.

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Key information

Conditions

Bone Microarchitecture

Age range

60 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

About this study

Each patient will have 1 blood samples and 1 measure of bone by 3D micro-tomography (3D CT Scan).These examinations and sampling will take place on 1 day.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Golfers: Regular playing golf for over 2 years at 8 to 12 hours per week recruited into golf clubs.
  • Walkers: regular practice of walking for over 2 years at 8 to 12 hours per week recruited into the walking clubs.
  • Sedentary: no intensive physical activity (<2 hours / week), recruited in clubs seniors.

Exclusion criteria

  • concomitant bone disease ,
  • Hip prosthesis the dominant side
  • Endocrinopathy
  • hypercalcemia, vitamin D deficiency, hypo- or hyper calciuria
  • Active smoking (more than 5 cigarettes / day), chronic alcoholism,
  • Treatments received in the previous six months and resounding on bone metabolism such growth promoters, all osteoporosis, corticosteroids.

Treatment and study plan

3D CT scan

Other

Measure of bone micro-architecture by 3D micro-tomography

Primary outcomes

  1. Bone volume / tissue volume

    Time frame: day 1

    Measure of Bone volume / tissue volume by the 3D CT scan

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Is Golf a Sport Suited to the Female Skeleton After 60 Years? Pilot Study Evaluating the Microarchitecture 3D Carriers and Noncarriers Bones

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Sep 9, 2015
Registry last updated
Sep 9, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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