The Royal College of Physicians was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) formerly the Healthcare Commission to perform a National Audit of Falls and Bone Health in Older People three year programme of work.
To view audits and the programme of work, visit their website.
Exercise and Bone Health.Omnabele-Pearson G, Skelton DA. In: Managing Osteoporosis. Lanham-New S, O’Neill T, Morris R, Skelton D, Sutcliffe A (eds). Clinical Publishing, Oxford 2007; pp 151-168. ISBN 1 904392 73 3. Click here to read.
Exercises for Osteoporosis: A Safe and Effective Way to Build Bone Density and Muscle Strength and Improve Posture and Flexibility for Women and Men by Daniels and Dianne. Available from Amazon.
Beautiful Bones without Hormones: The All-new Natural Diet and Exercise Program to Reduce the Risk of Osteoporosis and Keep Your Bones Healthy and Strong by Leon Root and Betty Kelly Sargent. Available from Amazon.
Exercise your way to healthier bones the Danny O’Dell way. Available to download as a pdf from Amazon.
The Silent Thief: Bone-Building Exercises and Essential Strategies to Prevent and Treat Osteoporosis (Your Personal Health) by Karine Bohme
and Frances Budden.
Available from Amazon.
Exercise for Strong Bones: A Step-by-step Program to Prevent Osteoporosis and Stay Fit and Active for Life.
This book is spiral bound so you can turn a page and view it while exercising.
Joan Bassey and Susie Dinan.
Available from Amazon.
Physical Activity and Bone Health. By Karim Khan, Heather McKay, Pekka Kannus, Don Bailey, John Wark, Kim Bennell. As an increasing amount of research on mechanical loading, exercise, and bone health becomes available, there is a growing need to synthesize and clarify the rapidly evolving information. No other resource fills this need better than the…
Dawn Skelton was commissioned by the R&D NHS Glasgow and Clyde to evaluate their falls and bone health strategy through her position as Reader in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. The evaluation looked at all aspects of the service (from the exercise provision, to the assessment and triage of patients and the links…
Dawn Skelton, Susie Dinan-Young and Bob Laventure are co-investigators on a large National Institute of Health Research Health Technology Assessment research grant. This multi-centre RCT trial in primary care (London, Nottingham and Derby) compares a community group exercise programme (FaME) with home based exercise (OEP) and with usual care for people aged 65 and over.…
