High Bone Mineral Density in Male Elite Professional Volleyball Players
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Osteoporosis International
- Vol. 10 (6) , 468-474
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s001980050256
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess bone mass in male elite athletes participating in an impact loading sport (volleyball) and, in particular, to determine whether the asymmetric nature of this sport leads to differences in the skeletal tissue composition of the limbs. Fifteen male volleyball players (VP) (26 ± 4 years, 192 ± 6 cm, 87 ± 9 kg; mean ± SD) and 15 non-active control subjects (25 ± 2 years, 177 ± 8 cm, 72 ± 11 kg; mean ± SD) were studied. VP training sessions (3–6 days/week) included a variety of jumping and weightlifting exercises. The VP were taller and heavier than the control subjects (pppppppppr= 0.81, 0.81, 0.78 and 0.79 for the femoral neck, intertrochanteric, greater trochanter and Ward’s triangle subregions respectively; pn= 30). These findings clearly demonstrate a considerably high BMC and BMD in professional volleyball players which seems to be related to the loading type of exercise they perform.Keywords
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