The 'muscle-bone unit' in children and adolescents: A 2000 overview

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 571-590

  Frost, Harold M ^a   Schönau, Eckhardt ^b  

^a Southern Colorado Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone; Hormones; Modeling; Muscle; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

AGE; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CARTILAGE; DIET; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0342758610     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2000.13.6.571     Document Type: Review

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