OBJECTIVES: To determine whether girls and boys categorized from body mass index (BMI)
values as overweight or obese for their age have lower bone mineral content (BMC) or lower …

It is increasingly accepted that osteoporosis is a paediatric issue. The prepubertal human
skeleton is quite sensitive to the mechanical stimulation elicited by physical activity. To …

Structural gender differences in bone mass–characterized by wider but not thicker bones–
are generally attributed to opposing sex steroid actions in men and women. Recent findings …

Frailty has been defined by some as a wasting syndrome common in people of advanced
age that is often considered by clinicians as conferring risk for morbidity and mortality …

Bone densitometric data often are difficult to interpret in children and adolescents because
of large inter‐and intraindividual variations in bone size. Here, we propose a functional …

Bone densitometric data are often difficult to interpret in children and adolescents because
of large inter-and intraindividual variations in bone size. Here, we propose a functional …

Muscle and bone are anatomically and functionally closely connected. The traditional
concept that skeletal muscles serve to load bone and transform skeletal segments into a …

As muscles become larger and stronger during growth and in response to increased
loading, bones should adapt by adding mass, size, and strength. In this unilateral model, we …

This cross-sectional study is based on images from the lower leg as assessed by peripheral
quantitative computer tomography (pQCT). Measurements were performed in 39 female and …

Physical inactivity has been recognized, by the World Health Organization as the fourth
cause of death (5.5% worldwide). On the contrary, physical activity (PA) has been …