More frequent exercise therapy benefits bone strength in very low weight pre-term infants

Thursday, July 7, 2016 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

A new study investigated whether increasing the frequency of physical activity intervention to twice daily has a greater effect on bone strength compared to a once daily intervention or no intervention at all. The findings demonstrate that the bone mass response to exercise in very low birth weight pre-term infants is dose-related.

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