From mechanostat theory to development of the "functional muscle-bone-unit"

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-238

  Schoenau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Mechanostat; Muscle bone unit; Musculoskeletal; Osteoporosis; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CHILD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBERTY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBERTY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 28044444896     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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