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  • Effects of hormone therapy ...
    Born, Clara; Jakob, Franz; Shojaa, Mahdieh; Kohl, Matthias; von Stengel, Simon; Kerschan-Schindl, Katharina; Lange, Uwe; Thomasius, Friederike; Kemmler, Wolfgang

    The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 08/2022, Letnik: 107, Številka: 8
    Journal Article

    There is some evidence that an adequate "anabolic hormonal milieu" is essential for mechanosensitivity/-transduction/-response of bone tissue. To determine whether enhancing Hormone Therapy (HT) with exercise increases the isolated effect of HT on BMD at lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (FN). A comprehensive search of six electronic databases according to the PRISMA statement up to April 28, 2021 included controlled trials longer than 6 months with three study arms: (a) HT, (b) exercise, (c) HT plus exercise (HT+E). Apart from HT, no pharmaceutic therapy or diseases with relevant osteo-anabolic or -catabolic effect on bone metabolism were included. The present analysis was conducted as a random-effects meta-analysis. Outcome measures were standardized mean differences (SMD) for BMD changes at the LS, and FN. Our search identified six eligible studies (n=585). Although the effect of HT+E was more pronounced on LS (SMD: 0.19, 95%-CI: -0.15 to 0.53) and FN-BMD (0.18, -0.09 to 0.44) compared to the HT group, we did not observe significant differences between the two groups. We observed a low (I 2: 29%) or moderate (I 2: 49%) level of heterogeneity between the trials for FN or LS. We do not observe a significant effect of HT+E vs. HT alone. We largely attribute this result to varying HT supplementation and hormonal status. Bearing in mind that synergistic/additive effects between HT and mechanical stimulation can only be expected in situations of hormonal insufficiency, further clinical studies should consider baseline endogenous estrogen production but also HT dosing more carefully.