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A novel underuse model shows that inactivity but not ovariectomy determines the deteriorated material properties and geometry of cortical bone in the tibia of adult rats

Our goal in this study was to determine to what extent the physiologic consequences of ovariectomy (OVX) in bones are exacerbated by a lack of daily activity such as walking. We forced 14-week-old female rats to be inactive for 15 weeks with a unique experimental system that prevents standing and wa...

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Autores principales: Miyagawa, Kazuaki, Kozai, Yusuke, Ito, Yumi, Furuhama, Takami, Naruse, Kouji, Nonaka, Kiichi, Nagai, Yumiko, Yamato, Hideyuki, Kashima, Isamu, Ohya, Keiichi, Aoki, Kazuhiro, Mikuni-Takagaki, Yuko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Japan 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21127921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00774-010-0241-9