Countermovement jump peak force discriminates low hip bone mineral density in postmenopausal women
Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira, Mariana Machado Signoreti, Larissa Victória Branco, Andreo Fernando Aguiar, Laís Campos de Oliveira · 2026
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Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira and co-authors test whether a simple jump can flag weak hip bones in older women, in this 2026 study. Bone density scans are the standard check but reach few settings. One hundred twenty-three postmenopausal women took the scan and then jumped on a force plate, yielding height, peak force, and peak power measures.
Jump measures missed weak spines but did moderately well at the hip. Peak force, with a cutoff the authors flag as provisional, caught two thirds of weak hips while clearing over ninety percent of sound ones. The authors propose jump force as a first-pass screen.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raphael Gonçalves de Oliveira, Mariana Machado Signoreti, Larissa Victória Branco, Andreo Fernando Aguiar, Laís Campos de Oliveira |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |