Loading modalities and bone structures at nonweight-bearing upper extremity and weight-bearing lower extremity: A pQCT study of adult female athletes

Bone

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 886-894

  Nikander, Riku ^a,b   Sievänen, Harri ^a   Uusi Rasi, Kirsti ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^a,c   Kannus, Pekka ^a,d  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Exercise; Mechanical loading; Osteoporosis; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RADIUS; SPORTS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33748331202     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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