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Human Bones are Quick to Adapt

posted by Woods on Wednesday May 14 2014, @08:57PM   Printer-friendly

AndyTheAbsurd writes:

Human bones are remarkably plastic and respond surprisingly quickly to change. Put under stress through physical exertion - such as long-distance walking or running - bones gain in strength as the fibres are added or redistributed according to where strains are highest. The ability of bone to adapt to loading is shown by analysis of the skeletons of modern athletes, whose bones show remarkably rapid adaptation to both the intensity and direction of strains.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday May 14 2014, @09:56PM

    by edIII (791) on Wednesday May 14 2014, @09:56PM (#43435)

    perhaps just more significant in old women making the studies numerical results more interesting.

    Considering the popularity of Tai Chi in Japan I would bet there is plenty of bone density data there and some control groups of women that don't live in Japan, or live in Japan and don't practice Tai Chi.

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