Du, J., Hartley, C., Brooke-Wavell, K. et al. (4 more authors) (2021) High-impact exercise stimulated localised adaptation of microarchitecture across distal tibia in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International, 32 (5). pp. 907-919. ISSN 0937-941X
Abstract
Summary
We provided evidence that a 6-month regular hopping exercise intervention can increase trabecular number and possibly trabecular volume fraction of the distal tibia. Our novel localised analysis demonstrated region-specific changes, predominantly in the anterior region, in postmenopausal women.
Introduction
The localisation of bone remodelling and microarchitectural adaptation to exercise loading has not been demonstrated previously in vivo in humans. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of using 3D image registration and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) to investigate the effect of high-impact exercise on human trabecular bone variables and remodelling rate across the distal tibia.
Methods
Ten postmenopausal women were recruited for 6-month unilateral hopping exercises, with HR-pQCT scans taken of both exercise leg (EL) and control leg (CL) for each participant before and after the intervention. A 3D image registration was used to ensure measurements were taken at the same region. Short-term reproducibility tests were conducted prior to the assessment using identical setup. The results were assessed comparing CL and EL, and interaction (time × leg) using a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA).
Results
Across the whole tibia, we observed significant increases in trabecular number (Tb.N) (+ 4.4%) and trabecular bone formation rate (tBFR) (3.3%), and a non-significant increase in trabecular bone volume fraction (BV/TV) (+ 1%) in the EL. Regional resorption was higher in the CL than the EL, with this difference being statistically significant at the lateral tibia. In the EL, tBFR was significantly higher in the anterior region than the medial but a trabecular bone resorption rate (tBRR) showed no significant regional variation. Conversely in the CL, both tBFR and tBRR were significantly higher in the anterior and lateral than the medial region.
Conclusion
We demonstrated that it was possible to detect exercise-related bone adaptation with 3D registration of HR-pQCT scan data. Regular hopping exercise increased Tb.N and possibly BV/TV across the whole distal tibia. A novel finding of the study was that tBFR and tBRR responses to loading were localised: changes were achieved by formation rate exceeding resorption rate in the exercise leg, both globally and at the anterior region where turnover was greatest.
Trial registration
clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03225703
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Osteoporosis International. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | 3D image registration; Exercise; Finite element analysis; Formation and resorption rates; HR-pQCT; Trabecular bone |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2020 18:01 |
Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 11:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00198-020-05714-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:168362 |