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 ...
Influence of birth weight on peripheral bone in young Gambian adults: a pQCT study
Birth weight has been shown to predict adult skeletal size and bone mineral content independently of postnatal factors. However, it is ...
Influence of birth weight and early diet on peripheral bone in premenopausal Cambridge women: a pQCT study
Epidemiological studies have shown relationships of adult bone mineral status with birth weight and diet in early life. Most of these s...
Alterations in bone characteristics associated with glycemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether bone characteristics in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) are influenced by blood glucose ...
Correlates of bone quality in older persons
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: In a population-based sample of older persons, we studied the relationship between tibial bone density and geomet...
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...
Changes in bone mass and bone turnover following tibial shaft fracture
INTRODUCTION: Bone loss occurs in the regional bone following tibial shaft fracture. An earlier cross-sectional study showed that measu...
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...
Change in cortical bone density and its distribution differs between boys and girls during puberty
CONCEPT: Postmenarchal girls and premenopausal women have 3-4% higher cortical bone density (CoD, milligrams per cubic centimeter), com...