Is a school-based physical activity intervention effective for increasing tibial bone strength in boys and girls
This 16-month randomized, controlled school-based study compared change in tibial bone strength between 281 boys and girls participatin...
Examining bone surfaces across puberty: a 20-month pQCT trial
This follow-up study assessed sex differences in cortical bone growth at the tibial midshaft across puberty. In both sexes, periosteal ...
Growth patterns at distal radius and tibial shaft in pubertal girls: a 2-year longitudinal study
Bone changes, in terms of both size and BMD, were assessed longitudinally in pubertal girls. Before puberty, BMD at the distal radius d...
Bone density measurements in pediatric patients with renal osteodystrophy
Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) can selectively measure the densities of cortical and trabecular bone, but there is ...
High and low density in the same bone: a study on children and adolescents with mild osteogenesis imperfecta
Children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) generally have low bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine and hip. H...
Detrimental effect of oral contraceptives on parameters of bone mass and geometry in a cohort of 248 young women
The aim of this cross-sectional analysis was to examine the skeletal effects of low-dose monophasic oral contraceptive (OC) use in a co...
Muskel und Knochen – eine funktionelle Einheit
Einleitung:
Im sich entwickelnden Organismus von Kindern und Jugendlichen steht die Kraft und die Masse der Muskulatur in biologischer ...
COL1A1 Sp1 polymorphism associates with bone density in early puberty
Optimal acquisition of bone mass in puberty is a key determinant of the lifetime risk of osteoporosis and has a strong genetic basis. W...
A densitometric and morphometric analysis of the skeleton in adults with varying degrees of growth hormone deficiency
CONTEXT: Low bone mass is a characteristic feature of the adult GH deficiency (GHD) syndrome, but recent dual-energy x-ray absorptiomet...