Reduced loading due to spinal-cord injury at birth results in "slender" bones: A case study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Giangregorio, L M ^a,b,c   McCartney, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone size; Growth; Mechanical loading; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845355993     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0201-3     Document Type: Article

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