Associations between long-term exercise participation and lower limb joint and whole-bone geometry in young and older adults.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Features of lower limb bone geometry are associated with movement kinematics and clinical outcomes including fractures and osteoarthritis. Therefore, it is important to identify their determinants. Lower limb geometry changes dramatically during development, partly due to adaptation to the forces experienced during physical activity. However, the effects of adulthood physical activity on lower limb geometry, and subsequent associations with muscle function are relatively unexplored. Methods: 43 adult males were recruited; 10 young (20-35 years) trained i.e., regional to world-class athletes, 12 young sedentary, 10 older (60-75 years) trained and 11 older sedentary. Skeletal hip and lower limb geometry including acetabular coverage and version angle, total and re

SUBMITTER: Scorcelletti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10211427 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature