Table 4 Bone mineral density of the upper femur pre and post marathon
From: Physiological alterations after a marathon in the first 90-year-old male finisher: case study
Left leg | Right leg | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | Change | Pre | Post | Change | |
Neck (g cm-2) | 0.778 | 0.784 | 0.8% | 0.740 | 0.740 | -0.1% |
Upper neck (g cm-2) | 0.612 | 0.615 | 0.5% | 0.542 | 0.548 | 1.2% |
Lower neck (g cm-2) | 0.943 | 0.952 | 0.9% | 0.937 | 0.929 | -0.9% |
Wards (g cm-2) | 0.692 | 0.700 | 1.1% | 0.613 | 0.594 | -3.1%* |
Trochanter (g cm-2) | 0.975 | 0.989 | 1.4% | 0.897 | 0.879 | -2.1%* |
Shaft (g cm-2) | 1.145 | 1.145 | 0.1% | 1.094 | 1.085 | -0.8% |
Total (g cm-2) | 1.011 | 1.017 | 0.6% | 0.953 | 0.943 | -1.0% |