Effect of activity and age on long bones using a new densitometric technique

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1806-1813

  Cleek, Tammy M ^a   Whalen, Robert T ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometry; Running; Structural properties; Tibia; X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG BONE; LOWER LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; RUNNING; TIBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; TIBIA;

EID: 27644482737     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000181836.81494.58     Document Type: Article

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