Age-dependency in bone mass and geometry: A pQCT study on male and female master sprinters, middle and long distance runners, race-walkers and sedentary people

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Wilks, Désirée C ^a,b   Winwood, K ^a   Gilliver, S F ^a   Kwiet, A ^c   Sun, L W ^c   Gutwasser, C ^c   Ferretti, J L ^d   Sargeant, A J ^a,e   Felsenberg, D ^c   Rittweger, J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bone strength; Exercise; Track and field runners; Volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MALE; RADIUS; RUNNING; SITTING; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73649114887     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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