Adaptation to differential loading: Comparison of growth-related changes in cross-sectional properties of the human femur and humerus

Bone

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-126

  Sumner, D R ^a   Andriacchi, T P ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone adaptation; Bone growth; Cross sectional geometry; Femur; Humerus; Wolff's law

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE STRESS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LONG BONE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POSTNATAL GROWTH;

EID: 0030220576     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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