Our objectives were to evaluate the benefits and harms of exercise interventions of four weeks or greater (alone or as part of a physical therapyintervention) versus non-exercise/non-active physicaltherapy intervention, no intervention or placeboon the incidence of future fractures and adverse events among adults with ahistory of osteoporotic vertebral fracture(s). We were also examined the effects of exercise on the following secondary outcomes: falls, pain, posture,physical function, balance,mobility, muscle function,quality of life and bone mineral densityof the lumbar spine or hip measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).We also reported exercise adherence.
Giangregorio LM, MacIntyre NJ. Et al. Exercise for improving outcomes after osteoporotic vertebral fracture. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 1.
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