Variation in tibial functionality and fracture susceptibility among healthy, young adults arises from the acquisition of biologically distinct sets of traits

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1290-1300

  Jepsen, Karl J ^a   Evans, Rachel ^b   Negus, Charles H ^c   Gagnier, Joel J ^a   Centi, Amanda ^b   Erlich, Tomer ^d   Hadid, Amir ^d   Yanovich, Ran ^d   Moran, Daniel S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION; STRESS FRACTURES; TIBIA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE BOWING; BONE DENSITY; BONE LENGTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE ROBUSTNESS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; TIBIA STIFFNESS; TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGAN SIZE; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84878256751     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1879     Document Type: Article

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