Effects of physical activity on evolution of proximal femur structure in a younger elderly population.

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INTRODUCTION: For a fixed weight, a wider bone of standardised length is stiffer. But moving the cortices away from the centre of mass risks creating structural (elastic) instability, and hip fractures have been postulated to occur as a consequence of buckling of the thinned supero-lateral femoral neck cortex during a fall. We hypothesised that stereotyped physical activity (e.g., walking) may help conserve bending resistance (section modulus, Z) through redistribution of bone tissue, but it ...

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Authors: Kaptoge, S; Jakes, R; Dalzell, N; Wareham, N; Khaw, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Bone
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 506-515
• Publication date: 2007-02-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.09.021
• EISSN: 1873-2763
• ISSN: 8756-3282
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Femur; Middle Aged; Aging; Female; Prospective Studies; Male; Femur Neck; Aged; Exercise; Body Weight