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Age-dependent bone loss and recovery during hindlimb unloading and subsequent reloading in rats.

Hailey C CunninghamDaniel W D WestLeslie M BaehrFranklin D TarkeKeith BaarSue C BodineBlaine A Christiansen
Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2018)
These data suggest that aged bone is less responsive to both increased and decreased mechanical loading, and that acute periods of disuse may leave older subjects with a long-term deficit in trabecular bone mass. These finding indicate the need for therapeutic strategies to improve the skeletal health of elderly patients during periods of disuse.
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