Physical activity when young provides lifelong benefits to cortical bone size and strength in men

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5337-5342

  Warden, Stuart J ^a   Mantila Roosa, Sara M ^a   Kersh, Mariana E ^b   Hurd, Andrea L ^a   Fleisig, Glenn S ^c   Pandy, Marcus G ^b   Fuchs, Robyn K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Intracortical remodeling; Osteoporosis; Peak bone mass

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE SIZE; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; VERY ELDERLY;

EXERCISE; INTRACORTICAL REMODELING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEAK BONE MASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEBALL; BONE AND BONES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGAN SIZE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84898036752     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321605111     Document Type: Article

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