Age does not influence the bone response to treadmill exercise in female rats

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1958-1965

  Bennell, Kim L ^a,b,c,d   Khan, Karim M ^a,b,c,d   Warmington, Stuart ^a,b,c,d   Forwood, Mark R ^a,b,c,d   Coleman, Brett D ^a,b,c,d   Bennett, Michael B ^a,b,c,d   Wark, John D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Animal; Biomechanical testing; Bone; Dxa; Histomorphometry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; RAT; RIGIDITY; TIBIA; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036899891     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00015     Document Type: Article

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