Skeletal muscle fat content is inversely associated with bone strength in young girls

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2217-2225

  Farr, Joshua N ^a   Funk, Janet L ^b   Chen, Zhao ^a   Lisse, Jeffrey R ^b   Blew, Robert M ^a   Lee, Vinson R ^a   Laudermilk, Monica ^a   Lohman, Timothy G ^a   Going, Scott B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BONE STRENGTH; FEMALE; MUSCLE QUALITY; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PQCT); SKELETAL MUSCLE FAT CONTENT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; METAPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THIGH; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052019648     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.414     Document Type: Article

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