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J Appl Physiol 69: 1309-1314, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 4 1309-1314, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Structural and mechanical adaptations of immature trabecular bone to strenuous exercise

J. C. Hou, G. J. Salem, R. F. Zernicke and R. J. Barnard
Department of Kinesiology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1568.

Effects of strenuous exercise on immature bone were examined in two clinically important regions, femoral neck (FN) and lumbar vertebra (L6). Female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 20, 8 wk of age, 150-170 g) were exercised progressively 5 days/wk for approximately 1 h/day for 10 wk at 75-80% of maximum oxygen capacity on a motor-driven treadmill. Caged age-matched rats served as controls (n = 20). Rat FNs were tested in cantilever bending, and vertebral bodies were compressed to 50% of their initial height at a fast strain rate. In response to the strenuous exercise, the relative area of the FN trabecular core increased significantly at the expense of the cortical shell. With that structural change, the exercised FN had significantly less energy to proportional limit than controls. The FN material properties (normal stresses at proportional limit and maximum) were significantly diminished after 10 wk of strenuous exercise. At the same time, no differences were found in vertebral geometry or structural and material properties. In the immature rate, the differential responses of the FN vs. L6 may relate to load history rather than a general systemic response to the strenuous exercise.


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