Physical activity plays a key role in prevention and treatment of several chronic conditions. Moreover, exercise seems to induce improvements in the bone turnover of osteopenic and osteoporotic subjects, increasing bone health. Incidence of osteoporosis increases in postmenopausal women due to hormonal factors that lead to an imbalance in bone remodelling. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic period induced general population to decrease the level of physical activity, increasing the incidence of several diseases, including osteoporosis. During this year, the use of technology has been applied to continue rehabilitation program, as well as the gym session, to reduce the sedentary level both in healthy population and in patients. Therefore, the focus of this review is to verify the effectiveness of home-based protocols, feasible to be performed during confinement situation, on bone health and functional parameters of postmenopausal women, generally at high-risk of osteoporosis. According to the studies analysed home-based exercises seem effectiveness to maintain bone health in postmenopausal women, despite the protocol attendance seems to decrease over the 12 months.
L'attività fisica svolge un ruolo fondamentale nella prevenzione e nel trattamento di diverse patologie croniche. In particolare, l'esercizio sembra indurre miglioramenti nel turnover osseo dei soggetti osteopenici e osteoporotici, aumentando la salute delle ossa. L'incidenza dell'osteoporosi tende ad essere più elevata nelle donne in postmenopausa a causa di fattori ormonali che portano a uno squilibrio nel rimodellamento osseo. Sfortunatamente, il periodo di pandemia di Covid-19 ha indotto la popolazione generale a diminuire il livello di attività fisica, aumentando l'incidenza di diverse malattie, tra cui l'osteoporosi. Durante quest'anno, l'uso della tecnologia è stato applicato in vari campi, tra cui quello della riabilitazione e dell’attività motoria, per cercare di ridurre il livello di sedentarietà sia nella popolazione sana che nei soggetti patologici. Pertanto, l'obiettivo di questa review è verificare l’efficacia di protocolli motori “home based”, che possano essere svolti anche durante situazioni di confinamento, sulla salute ossea e sui parametri funzionali delle donne in post-menopausa, generalmente ad alto rischio di osteoporosi. Secondo gli studi analizzati gli esercizi “home based” sembrano efficaci per mantenere la salute delle ossa nelle donne in post-menopausa, tuttavia l’aderenza a queste tipologie di protocollo sembra diminuire nell'arco dei 12 mesi.
The Effectiveness of home-based physical activity on osteoporosis: a narrative review of possible intervention
Murri A;Moretti E;Tranchita E;Cerulli C;Parisi A;Grazioli E
2021-01-01
Abstract
Physical activity plays a key role in prevention and treatment of several chronic conditions. Moreover, exercise seems to induce improvements in the bone turnover of osteopenic and osteoporotic subjects, increasing bone health. Incidence of osteoporosis increases in postmenopausal women due to hormonal factors that lead to an imbalance in bone remodelling. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic period induced general population to decrease the level of physical activity, increasing the incidence of several diseases, including osteoporosis. During this year, the use of technology has been applied to continue rehabilitation program, as well as the gym session, to reduce the sedentary level both in healthy population and in patients. Therefore, the focus of this review is to verify the effectiveness of home-based protocols, feasible to be performed during confinement situation, on bone health and functional parameters of postmenopausal women, generally at high-risk of osteoporosis. According to the studies analysed home-based exercises seem effectiveness to maintain bone health in postmenopausal women, despite the protocol attendance seems to decrease over the 12 months.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.