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High Impact Physical Activity May Reduce Risk of Hip Fracture.
2001 FEB 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Men and women who regularly participate in high-impact physical activity may be at a lower risk of hip fracture than those who participate in moderate or low impact activities, finds a study reported in the January 18, 2001, issue of the British Medical Journal.
Researchers in Cambridge, U.K., identified 2,296 men and 2,914 women who had had a heel ultrasound measurement taken (to predict their risk of hip fracture) as part of the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer.
Both men and women who reported participating in high impact physical activity, including jogging, tennis, badminton, and step aerobics, had a significantly higher ultrasound measurement than those who reported no activity of this type.
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