Publication
Medicine Baltimore
Date Published
2019
Author
Pei-An Yu, Wei-Hsiu Hsu, Wei-Bin Hsu, Liang-Tseng Kuo, Zin-Rong Lin, Wun-Jer Shen, Robert Wen-Wei Hsu
Summary
Osteoporosis and osteopenia prevailed in postmenopausal women and predisposed to osteoporotic fractures that increase mortality, morbidity, and the cost of social care. The major findings of this study were that aerobic dance is safe, effective, and efficient in improving health in postmenopausal women because Bone Mineral Density of the femur neck, grip strength, sidestep and reaction time were significantly improved after aerobic dance intervention as well as the physical function domain in postmenopausal women.