Low-level mechanical signals and their potential as a non-pharmacological intervention for osteoporosis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL.2, 2006, Pages

  Rubin, Clinton ^a   Judex, Stefan ^a   Qin, Yi Xian ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic; Bone; Mechanical; Osteoporosis; Skeletal; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIGIDITY; RISK REDUCTION; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT DURATION; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750616528     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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