Bone Quantity and Quality of Youths Working on a Farm–a Pilot Study

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• Personal Author:
  Bartels S ; Bhattacharya, Amit ; Coleman R ; Gordon, Jane E. ; Shukla R ; Waters, Thomas R. ; Watts NB
• Description:
  This study investigated the effect of farm-related activities on the bone health of youths. Bone quantity and bone quality were quantitated in 36 adolescents - 18 youth with a history of working on farms and 18 youth not involved in farm-related activities. Bone quantity as depicted by bone mineral density (BMD) was measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Bone quality was characterized with biomechanical measures based on bone geometry and measures of dynamic bone shock absorption (BSA) properties. Dynamic bone response measures provide preliminary evidence that farm-related physically demanding tasks lead to changes that may predispose the teenagers to degenerative skeletal disorders later in life. Future studies with larger samples need to be carried out to further support the findings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Agriculture Biomechanical Phenomena Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Biomechanics Bone-disorders Bone-structure Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Skeletal-disorders Skeletal-system Skeletal-system-disorders

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  27-38
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034285
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2008 Oct; 12(4):27-38
• Contact Point Address:
  Amit Bhattacharya, PhD, Department of Environmental Health, M.L. #056, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056
• Email:
  bhattaat@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:78d37c044e573587c56e866e9394fa185af93fc745447694c37594ced40fa1434ad317879bb0b723cf9883b74d9686f4b8f8480d0e1406f10fc0daef5bb5fe97
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189547/cdc_189547_DS1.pdf
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