Dancing for stronger bones: turkish folk dances may help women with osteopenia

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Being a postmenopausal woman between the ages of 50-60 2. Not having a known diagnosis of osteoporosis and not having taken any antiresorptive or anabolic agents before 3. Being diagnosed with osteopenia with DEXA taken in the last 6 months at Etlik City Hospital (femoral neck, femoral total L1-4 or L2-4 T score between -1 and -2.5) 4. Being literate 5. Having a 25-Hydroxy vitamin D level in the blood \>20 µg/L 6. Having a phone that can be used for communication for oneself or one of the family members, as well as having a smart phone, tablet or computer that can be used to watch videos 7. Being willing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Having a body mass index \>30 kg/m2 2. Having an extremely sedentary lifestyle (International Physical Activity Scale-Inactive according to Short Form) 3. Presence of fragility fracture 4. Presence of malignancy 5. Presence of cardiovascular or respiratory system disease that will prevent exercise (unstable angina, uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrhythmia, 3rd degree atrioventricular block, severe aortic stenosis, severe asthma-COPD) 6. Presence of current neurological disease that will prevent exercise (CVA, MS) 7. Presence of psychiatric disease that will prevent exercise or cause non-compliance in follow-ups 8. Presence of musculoskeletal system disease that will prevent exercise (Stage 3-4 osteoarthritis, severe spinal stenosis, severe radiculopathy, lumbar surgery within the last 1 year) 9. Presence of known inflammatory joint disease 10. Presence of advanced vision, hearing loss or vertigo etc. that will prevent the patient from doing exercises or regional dances. Having any disease that will disrupt harmony by causing balance problems 11. Using active estrogen or progesterone containing preparations 12. Presence of hyperthyroidism