Changes in bone density during childhood and adolescence: an approach based on bone’s biological organization
Bone densitometry has great potential to improve our understanding of bone development. However, densitometric data in children rarely ...
Modeling of cross-sectional bone size, mass and geometry at the proximal radius: a study of normal bone development using peripheral quantitative computed tomography
It is becoming increasingly accepted that bone size is an important determinant of bone mass. Studies on the development of bone size m...
Anthropometric assessment of muscularity during growth: estimating fat-free mass with 2 skinfold-thickness measurements is superior to measuring midupper arm muscle area in healthy prepubertal children
BACKGROUND: Anthropometric measurements are widely used to determine body composition, especially in children. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was t...
Influence of puberty on muscle development at the forearm
Despite its fundamental importance for physical development, the growth of the muscle system has received relatively little considerati...
Musculoskeletal analyses of the forearm in young women with Turner syndrome: a study using peripheral quantitative computed tomography
Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with multiple skeletal abnormalities. Fracture incidence appears to be increased, but the reasons fo...
Gender-specific pubertal changes in volumetric cortical bone mineral density at the proximal radius
It is well established that puberty affects the geometry of cortical bone differently in females and males. In the present study we inv...
Bone mineral content per muscle cross-sectional area as an index of the functional muscle-bone unit
Bone densitometric data often are difficult to interpret in children and adolescents because of large inter- and intraindividual variat...
High-impact exercise and bones of growing girls: a 9-month controlled trial
The maximum amount of bone a person can obtain during the first two decades of life is an important determinant of bone mass in later l...
The development of metaphyseal cortex–implications for distal radius fractures during growth
Fractures of the distal radial metaphysis are very common in otherwise healthy children. The reasons for this high fracture incidence a...
pQCT measurement of bone parameters in young children: validation of technique
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measures areal bone mineral density (BMD) and is affected by bone size. Peripheral quantitative ...