Does reduced skeletal loading account for age-related bone loss?

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1847-1855

  Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Riggs, B Lawrence ^a   Achenbach, Sara J ^a   Amin, Shreyasee ^a   Camp, Jon J ^a   Rouleau, Peggy A ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a   Oberg, Ann L ^a   Khosla, Sundeep ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone strength; Epidemiology; Homeostasis; Muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE RELATED BONE LOSS; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AXIAL RIGIDITY; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FLEXURAL RIGIDITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE MASS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH TO LOAD RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845221262     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.060908     Document Type: Article

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