THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS DURING THE POST-MENOPAUSAL PERIOD SUMMARY Keywords: osteoporosis, bone mineral density, post-menopausal period. Osteoporosis is a very dangerous disease, because there appears a great possibility of bone fractures. Fractures of spinal vertebrae cause acute, sometimes even unbearable pains, limit daily activities. Osteoporosis is also a very expensive disease, because money is needed not only for the management of a fracture but also for nursing, psychological and social rehabilitation (Appleby, 1999). Post-menopausal period is very dangerous for the development of osteoporosis, because hormone balance is discomfited. For a half of women symptoms of osteoporosis manifest at the age of 45 – 75; for one out of three of such women osteoporosis has already developed, and those who are 75 and over, nine out of ten, have critically thin bones (Ojeda, 1996). The aim of this research was to evaluate the influence of physical training, which loads down lumbar spinal part, on the management of osteoporosis during the post-menopausal period. To achieve the aim the following tasks were set: 1. To evaluate bone mineral density of the investigative before after physiotherapy. 2. To evaluate the pain sense of the investigative before and after physiotherapy. Seven women of post-menopausal period, who have osteoporosis, have been examined. They were divided into two groups: those who have accomplished a full physiotherapy... [to full text]