Associations between leisure physical activity participation and cortical bone mass and geometry at the radius and tibia in a Canadian cohort of postmenopausal women

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 774-779

  Hamilton, Celeste J ^a,b   Thomas, Scott G ^a   Jamal, Sophie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Leisure; Physical activity; Postmenopausal women; PQCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MECHANICAL TORSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TIBIA;

EID: 77649193494     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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