Intensity, repetitiveness, and directionality of habitual adolescent mobility patterns influence the tibial diaphysis morphology of athletes

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Shaw, Colin N ^a,b   Stock, Jay T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Birge Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Diaphyseal cross section; Human; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT); Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIAPHYSES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RUNNING; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 68949136877     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21064     Document Type: Article

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