Estrogens and androgens influence the growth and maintenance of the mammalian
skeleton and are responsible for its sexual dimorphism. Estrogen deficiency at menopause …

With ageing, bone tissue undergoes significant compositional, architectural and metabolic
alterations potentially leading to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is the most prevalent bone …

Sedentary aging is often characterized by physical dysfunction and chronic degenerative
diseases. In contrast, masters athletes demonstrate markedly greater physiological function …

Purpose Asymmetrical loading patterns are commonplace in football sports. Our aim was to
examine the influence of training age and limb function on lower-body musculoskeletal …

Mechanical loading can increase cortical bone mass by shifting the balance between bone
formation and resorption towards increased formation. With advancing age resorption …

Athletes participating in sports characterized by specific loading modalities have exhibited
different levels of augmentation of bone properties; however, the extent to which these …

While tennis playing results in large bone strength benefits in the racquet arm of young
players, the effects of tennis playing in old players have not been investigated. Large side …

Besides examining upper and lower limb morphological and functional asymmetry
magnitudes, this study examined the relationship between lean mass and functional …

This Perspectives provides a back-to-basics rationale for the ideal exercise prescription for
osteoporosis. The relevance of fundamental principles of mechanical loading and bone …

Table tennis players often execute one-step, side-step or cross-step to move to an
appropriate position for topspin forehand. However, to our knowledge, no studies have …