Geometry of a weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing bone in the legs of young, old, and very old men

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  McNeil, Chris J ^a   Raymer, Graydon H ^b   Doherty, Timothy J ^a   Marsh, Greg D ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibula; Lateral compartment; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle cross sectional area; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; EXPOSURE; FIBULA; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FIBULA; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67651238450     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-009-9261-7     Document Type: Article

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