Bone Abstracts

We examined the influence of objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA) and sedentary time (SED) on bone strength, structure and density in post-pubertal girls.We had 63 healthy girls (15.3±0.3 years) from the Health Promoting Secondary Schools (HPSS) study with valid accelerometry data and tibia scans. We assessed the left tibia using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT, XCT 3000, Stratec)...