FOR RELEASE: March
8, 2013
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina
Logue, 615-898-5081, gina.logue@mtsu.edu
MURFREESBORO — Women
who are 60 and older have a golden opportunity to learn how to reduce the risk of postmenopausal bone
fractures.
MTSU graduate student Saori Ishikawa is beginning a free lifestyle
coaching program for 30 women who are retired and age 60 and above.
“For this study, participants will begin by monitoring their
physical activity and sedentary behavior,” said Ishikawa. “They will then
receive feedback on their daily activity patterns and be provided with
information on reducing sedentary behaviors by replacing them with easy lifestyle
activities over a four-week period.”
At the conclusion of the four weeks, the study participants
will recheck their physical activity and sedentary activity profiles and be
provided with further feedback on their activity patterns.
“We hope to show that simply increasing the amount of time spent on your feet doing
light-intensity activities may help to minimize bone loss that
occurs naturally with aging,” Ishikawa said.
Ishikawa, who is pursuing a doctorate in the MTSU Department
of Health and Human Performance, completed a bone density study of older women
last semester in which she scanned the lower back and hipbone areas of her
participants.
According to www.medtv.com,
osteoporosis is a major bone health threat for 44 million Americans, 64 percent
of whom are women. In the United States, 10 million persons already have
osteoporosis, and 34 million more have low bone mass.
To volunteer or for more information, contact Ishikawa at
774-240-7517 or si2p@mtmail.mtsu.edu.
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