Bone: Impact loading - Nature's way to strengthen bone

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 391-393

  Sievänen, Harri ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; EXERCISE; GRAVITY; HABIT; HIP; HUMAN; JUMPING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84862504416     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.88     Document Type: Note

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