TITLE:
Investigation of Bone Mineral Density Levels of Adult Individuals in Different Professional Groups, Sedentary People, and the Same Age Group Athletes
AUTHORS:
Kürşat Hazar, Recep Gürsoy, Neşat Çullu
KEYWORDS:
Bone Mineral Density, Profession, Sportsman, Sedentary
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.10 No.3,
August
6,
2020
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out to determine how and to what extent the
physical activity of sedentary and sportive life affects the bone mineral
density (BMD) of individuals in different occupational groups (barbers,
industrial workers, drivers, people leading sedentary lives, and athletes),
which concern a large part of the society. Barbers, industrial workers,
drivers, sedentary people, and athletes working in different occupational
groups were included in the study. Femur and forearm (ulna-radius) BMD
measurements of 47 individuals were conducted, including 7 drivers and 10
participants from each other professional group. BMD total femur values of the
athletes are 1.2664, of industrial workers, is 1.1876, of drivers, is 1.0544,
of hairdressers, is 1.0208, and values of sedentary people are found as 1.0080.
In the total of BMD Ulna Radius, the values of industry employees are found as 0.685,
of athletes as 668, of barbers as 582, and of sedentary people are found to be 0.449.
There was a significant difference between the mean BMD values of industrial
workers and the barbers, and sedentary people, in favor of industrial workers (p and industrial workers and athletes in forearm BMD
value averages (p was found to have a positive effect
on BMD, especially with occupational groups requiring physical
activation, it was found that sedentary life did not have a positive effect on
BMD.