TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Osteoporosis—physical activity for bone health A1 - MACDONALD, HEATHER M A1 - GABEL, LEIGH A1 - McKAY, HEATHER A A2 - Brukner, Peter A2 - Khan, Karim PY - 2019 T2 - Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine: The Medicine of Exercise, Volume 2, 5e AB - A recurrent theme in this volume of Clinical Sports Medicine is the irrefutable data that regular physical activity prevents a host of chronic diseases.1, 2 With respect to bone, various international position statements spell out that weight-bearing physical activity is essential to build a strong and healthy skeleton during childhood, maintain bone mass and strength during adult years, and mitigate skeletal decline as we age.1, 3, 4 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/18 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170707461 ER -