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Does weight-bearing exercise affect non-weight-bearing bone?

L J Tommerup1, D M Raab, T D Crenshaw

  • 1Biogerontology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
|September 1, 1993
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Weight-bearing exercise stimulated femur bone formation but did not affect rib bone formation in sows. Bone response to exercise is specific to the loaded skeletal site.

Area of Science:

  • Bone biology
  • Exercise physiology
  • Skeletal adaptation

Background:

  • Previous studies indicated weight-bearing exercise enhances femur periosteal formation in sows.
  • The effect of such exercise on non-weight-bearing bones remained unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if weight-bearing exercise stimulates bone formation in non-weight-bearing skeletal sites, specifically the seventh rib.
  • To compare bone formation responses in the femur (loaded) versus the rib (non-loaded).

Main Methods:

  • Histomorphometric analysis of periosteal, endocortical, and osteonal envelopes of the seventh rib.
  • Sows were assigned to basal, control, or trained groups.
  • Trained group underwent treadmill exercise for 17 weeks.

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Main Results:

  • Exercise did not alter periosteal or endocortical bone formation rates in the rib.
  • No significant changes were observed in osteonal remodeling or mineral apposition rates in the rib.
  • Femur periosteal formation was previously shown to increase, contrasting with rib findings.

Conclusions:

  • Weight-bearing exercise that stimulates bone formation in loaded bones (femur) does not activate bone formation in non-loaded bones (rib).
  • Skeletal response to mechanical loading is site-specific.