Das Kölner Rehabilitationskonzept 'Auf die Beine' führt bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit OI, zu einer Zunahme von Knochen- und Muskelma...
Expression and regulation of Homer in human skeletal muscle during neuromuscular junction adaptation to disuse and exercise.
Protein calcium sensors of the Homer family have been proposed to modulate the activity of various ion channels and nuclear factor of a...
Muscle Density, a surrogate of intermuscular adiposity, derived from pQCT is an independent correlate of fractures in women
BACKGROUND:
bone, muscle and fat have a common progenitor, the mesenchymal stem cell preferred differentiation into adipocytes can lead...
Mechanical influences on bone development in children
This review focuses on methodological concepts in the evaluation of skeletal muscle function and on adaptation. It is now thought that ...
The ‘functional muscle-cartilage unit’: a reasonable approach to describe a putative relationship between muscle force and longitudinal growth at the forearm in children and adolescents
BACKGROUND: Several reports give evidence that the perichondral ossificiation of bone tubes (modeling) strongly depends on muscular for...
Muscle mass during childhood–relationship to skeletal development
Bone densitometric data often are difficult to interpret in children and adolescents because of large inter- and intraindividual variat...
Long-Term Leisure Time Physical Activity and Properties of Bone: A Twin Study
Abstract Effects of physical activity on bone properties when controlled for genetic effects are not fully understood. We aimed to inve...
Whole body vibration: a new therapeutic approach to improve muscle function in cystic fibrosis
Disease progression in cystic fibrosis (CF) leads to muscle wasting and loss of muscle function. The aim of this prospective pilot stud...