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Old 02-21-23, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
That "denser bones" bit is from an old study with older women who took alendronate for way too long. Current prescribing is for no more than 4 years at a stretch, which is effective.

It's true that it may not take that much weight, but so far the large studies I've seen indicate either moderately heavy weight, 60%-85% 1RM or impact, i.e. jumping, and preferably both as neither has the same effect on all bones.
https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/no...icle/view/1338
https://thesportjournal.org/article/...commendations/.
That's interesting.

The evidence that low mineral density is a risk factor for fractures in men and women is overwhelming and beyond dispute. Most "abnormal" fractures do in fact occur in people with normal or moderately low (osteopenic, not osteoporotic) bone density. So, there are other factors related to age, but those are absolute numbers, not rates of occurrence in the different bone density groups.
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