Comparing the Biological Markers of Bone Metabolism in Female Athletes Engaged in Weight Bearing Sports, and Non-athletes

Serum Alkalin phosphatase (ALP) is an osteoblastic protein whose levels may be affected by exercise. Research has shown that exercise may increase bone density through increasing the level of bone constitute markers such as calcium, phosphor, and ALP. The aim of the present research was to compare the markers of the bone metabolism (calcium, phosphor, and ALP) between 20-35 year-old female basketball players and non-athletes in Golestan province. 12 female, professional basketball players and 15 non-athletes participated in this study as the experimental group and the control group respectively. To study the intended markers, 5 cc of blood was collected from the archival vein of the participants in a sitting position. To analyze the data, shapiro wilk, mann whitney u and independent T-test were used. SPSS software version 18 was used to analyze the data. The significance level was set at p