今年4月在我国西安召开的第三届国际骨质疏松学术研讨会上,美国骨科专家Frost教授提出了一个新观点:在骨质疏松的发病机制中,非机械因素(钙、维生素D、激素等)并非是最主要的,而在神经系统调控下的肌肉质量(包括肌块质量和肌力)是决定骨强度(包括骨量及骨结构)的重要因素。与会的许多中外专家都支持这一论点。 传统的观点认为:骨质疏松症与人体缺乏钙和维生素D以及 At the Third International Osteoporosis Symposium held in Xi’an, China in April this year, Prof Frost, an American orthopedist, put forward a new viewpoint: In the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, non-mechanical factors (calcium, vitamin D, hormones Etc.) is not the most important. The quality of the muscles under the control of the nervous system (including the mass and strength of the muscle mass) is an important factor that determines the strength of bone (including bone mass and bone structure). Many Chinese and foreign experts attending this meeting support this argument. The traditional view that: osteoporosis and the lack of calcium and vitamin D as well