Effect of physical therapy interventions on bone mineral density, muscle strength and quality of life in women with osteoporosis , systematic review and Meta analyze Download PDF

Introduction and objective: Osteoporosis is a most common metabolic bone disease that increase the risk of bone fracture by creating a structural abnormality in the bone. Osteoporosis is a common disease among middle-age and older persons, especially women. Therefore, the necessity of implementing strategic plans to prevent osteoporosis is significantly important. Osteoporosis in women has been reported as a risk factor for health and reduced bone mineral density in the elderly. The study was designed to determine the Effect of physical therapy interventions on bone mineral density, muscle strength and quality of life in women with osteoporosis. Matrial & Methods: This systematic review study was done among 3488 article referred to subject research of osteoporosis and physical therapies in reducing osteoporosis risk among patients women with osteoporosis, in August 1950 to August 2016 by search Keywords : prediction of osteoporosis, physical therapy and osteoporosis. date of search was at day 19 january 2017. The quality of the included studies was assessed by the PeDro score. Results: a total of 6 randomised controlled trials involving 397 patients were identified. The mean PeDro score was 8. The pooled standardised mean difference for strength training = 0.4346 (95% CI: 0.2135–0.60, P = 0.01 < 0.00001, P for heterogeneity = 0.85, I2 = 0%). While pooled results for osteoporosis risk outcomes in, strength training, showed a significant reduction in reduced risk of osteoporosis significantly . Conclusion: Results of This systematic review study showed that physical therapies training improved risk of osteoporosis in older women with osteoporosis .