Quantitative ultrasound variables of the heel in Finnish men aged 18-20 yr: Predictors, relationship to bone mineral content, and changes during military service

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1763-1771

  Valimaki V V ^a   Loyttyniemi E ^b   Valimaki M J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone markers; Bone mineral content; Bone mineral density; Exercise; Polymorphism; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNNING; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMUR; FINLAND; HEEL; HIP; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33750208364     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0186-y     Document Type: Article

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