Journal article
Sex-specific developmental changes in muscle size and bone geometry at the femoral shaft
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: When expressed as a percentage of the average result in young adults, bone mineral content lags behind bone length before puberty. Even though this observation has led to speculation about bone fragility in children, such relationships could simply be due to scaling effects when measures with different geometrical dimensions are compared.
METHODS: The study population comprised 145 healthy subjects (6-25 years, 94 females). …
Authors
Högler W; Blimkie CJR; Cowell CT; Inglis D; Rauch F; Kemp AF; Wiebe P; Duncan CS; Farpour-Lambert N; Woodhead HJ
Journal
Bone, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 982–989
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.bone.2008.01.008
ISSN
8756-3282