Bone adaptation to impact loading—Significance of loading intensity
Abstract Ageing populations have made osteoporosis and fragility fractures a major public health concern worldwide. Half of all women and 30% of all men will suffer a fracture related to osteoporosis during their lifetime. While medical prevention of this immense problem is impossible at populat...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
2007
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514284939 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9789514284939 |