EMPOWERING YOU WITH research
Osteoporosis is a silent and growing epidemic. It occurs without any symptoms. Many don’t realise there’s any issues with their bones, until they break one. The significant effects of this degenerative bone disease are taking place on a global scale. Not only does bone loss personally affect the real quality of people’s lives and that of their families, it also has a dramatic affect on health care systems and economies. Osteoporosis costs billions.
Over a six-year period we have quantified a series of jump-landings and exercises that exceed osteogenic thresholds (rate and magnitude) for achieving gains in bone mass and strength at clinically relevant sites with premenopausal women (30-51 years of age).
We established the efficacy of these exercises for improving parameters of bone health in a 12 month randomized controlled trail. Our research found that bone health can be improved (3.5-5%) with only 2-3 minutes per day with the appropriate stimulus applied.
We observed significant gains in the Bone Mineral Density (BMD) for our jump-landing participants and observed the age-predicted BMD losses occurred in the control group. These findings led to the development of OSTEO-GAINS as a preventative exercise programme. These programs can be safely, easily and cost-effectively implemented by people in their own homes.
There is a window of opportunity for premenopausal women to prevent or delay the time before the fracture threshold is surpassed in the post-menopausal years. OSTEO-GAINS can be instrumental in providing that opportunity, helping to empower people to improve their own bone health.
References
Clissold T, Cronin JB, De Souza MJ, Winwood PW (2022) Program design considerations for bone health in premenopausal women. Arch Sports Med Physiother 7(1): 007-015. DOI: 10.17352/asmp.000015
Clissold T, Cronin JB, De Souza MJ, Winwood PW (2022) Jump-landings that supersede bone health threshold requirements for premenopausal women. Arch Sports Med Physiother 7(1): 001-006. DOI: 10.17352/asmp.000014
Ryan CMC, Clissold TL, Winwood PW. The Osteogenic Quantification and Reliability of the Heel Drop and Press up Drop. International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Vol. 9, No. 6, 2021, pp. 294-300. doi:10.11648/j.ijsts.20210906.16
Ryan CMC, Clissold TL, Winwood PW (2021) The Quantification, Autoregulation and Reliability of the Stomp as an Osteogenic Exercise. Sports Injr Med: 5: 168. DOI: 10.29011/2576-9596.100068
Clissold, T. L., Winwood, P. W., Cronin, J. B. & De Souza, M. J. (2018). Do bilateral vertical jumps with reactive jump landings achieve osteogenic thresholds with and without instruction in premenopausal women? Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 2018 Apr 1;34 (2):118-126. doi: 10.1123/jab.2017-0114. Epub 2018 Apr 6.
Clissold, T. L., Cronin, J. B., De Souza, M. J., Wilson D. & Winwood P. W. (2019). Bilateral multidirectional jumps with reactive jump landings achieve osteogenic thresholds with and without instruction in premenopausal women Clinical Biomechanics. 73 (2019) 1-8. Doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.12.025
Clissold, T. L., Cronin, J. B., De Souza, M. J., Wilson D. & Winwood P. W. (2021). Multidirectional hop landings achieve osteogenic thresholds with and with instruction withdrawn in premenopausal women American Journal of Sport Science. Vol. 10, No. 1, 2022, pp. 5-13. doi: 10.11648/j.ajss.20221001.12.
Clissold, T. L., Cronin, J. B., De Souza, M. J. & Winwood P. W. (2022). The chronic effects of a quantified jump-landing program on bone health, body composition and performance parameters in premenopausal women Journal of Family Medicine; 9(1): 1287.