Combinations of trabecular and cortical bone properties distinguish various loading modalities between athletes and controls.
Jaap P P SaersLily J D DeMarsNicholas B StephensTea JashashviliKristian J CarlsonAdam D GordonColin N ShawTimothy M RyanJay T StockPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2020)
Results suggest that cortical midshaft hypertrophy is associated with impact loading while trabecular BMD is positively associated with both impact and nonimpact loading. Midshaft shape is associated with directionality of loading. Individuals from the different categories overlap substantially, but group means differ credibly, suggesting that nuanced group-level inferences of habitual behavior are possible when combinations of trabecular and cortical bone are analyzed.