Bone-specific physical activity questionnaire-derived skeletal loading score predicts bone geometry, density, and strength indices: a cross-sectional study

Introduction The bone-specific physical activity questionnaire (BPAQ) provides a bone-relevant index of physical activity participation according to the mechanical loads experienced across the life span. Materials and methods We aimed to examine relationships between historical bone-relevant physica...

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Published in:Journal of bone and mineral metabolism 2023-07, Vol.41 (4), p.492-500
Main Authors: Weeks, Benjamin K., Harding, Amy T., Watson, Steven L., Lambert, Conor, Nogueira, Rossana C., Hirsch, Rebecca, Rantalainen, Timo, Collier, Jayde, Beck, Belinda R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone and Bones
Bone Density
Bone strength
Child
Child, Preschool
Computed tomography
Correlation analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise
Female
Humans
Life span
Male
Mechanical loading
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Middle Aged
Original Article
Orthopedics
Physical activity
Questionnaires
Radius
Radius - diagnostic imaging
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tibia
Tibia - diagnostic imaging
Young Adult
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Summary:Introduction The bone-specific physical activity questionnaire (BPAQ) provides a bone-relevant index of physical activity participation according to the mechanical loads experienced across the life span. Materials and methods We aimed to examine relationships between historical bone-relevant physical activity and pQCT-derived parameters of bone strength. We recruited 532 healthy volunteers (277 males, 255 females) across a broad age range (4–97 years). Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (XCT-3000, Stratec, Germany) was used to examine volumetric bone density, area, and strength indices of the non-dominant tibia and radius. Exercise loading history from birth was determined using the past BPAQ (pBPAQ) score. Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine relationships between pBPAQ scores and pQCT parameters. Results Independent of sex, pBPAQ scores were associated with total density at the 38% and 66% tibial sites and the 66% radial site ( r  = 0.145–0.261, p ˂ 0.05), total area at the 38% tibial site and 4% and 66% radial sites ( r  = 0.129–0.156, p ˂ 0.05), and strength indices at all measured sites ( r  = 0.123–0.234, p  
ISSN:0914-8779
1435-5604
DOI:10.1007/s00774-023-01419-w