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Title Physical activity and bone health / Karim Khan ... [and others]
Published Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, [2001]
©2001

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Description xii, 275 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
regular print
Contents Pt. I. Structure, Function, and Measurement of Bone. Ch. 1. Anatomy. Ch. 2. Physiology. Ch. 3. Biomechanics. Ch. 4. Measuring the Properties of Bone -- Pt. II. Determinants of Bone Mineral Other Than Physical Activity. Ch. 5. Age, Sex, Genetics, and Race. Ch. 6. Soft Tissue Determinants of Bone Mineral Density. Ch. 7. Influence of Normal Endocrine Function on Bone Mineral. Ch. 8. Dietary Intake and Bone Mineral -- Pt. III. Evidence and Prescription: A Life Span Approach. Ch. 9. Measurement of Physical Activity. Ch. 10. Physical Activity and Bone in Childhood and Adolescence. Ch. 11. Physical Activity, Targeted Bone Loading, and Bone Mineral in Premenopausal Women. Ch. 12. Physical Activity, Targeted Bone Loading, and Bone Mineral in Postmenopausal Women. Ch. 13. Physical Activity, Targeted Bone Loading, and Bone Mineral in Men. Ch. 14. Exercise and Fall Prevention. Ch. 15. Exercise Prescription for People With Osteoporsis -- Pt. IV. Intense Physical Activity and Bone Health. Ch. 16. Skeletal Effects of Menstrual Disturbance. Ch. 17. Stress Fractures -- Pt. V. Research Opportunities: Physical Activity and Bone Health. Ch. 18. Getting Involved in Bone Research. Ch. 19. Research Projects Suitable for a Master's Thesis. Ch. 20. Research Projects Suitable for a Ph.D. Thesis
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
Bones -- Physiology.
Bones -- Anatomy.
Bones -- Diseases -- Exercise therapy.
Bone Development.
Exercise.
Bone and Bones -- physiology.
Bone and Bones -- physiology.
Bone Development.
Exercise.
Author Khan, Karim.
LC no. 00054606
ISBN 0880119683