Bone geometry and surrogate markers of bone strength showed acceptable levels of reproducibility.
Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated vitamin D levels correlate with markers of muscle strength and neuromuscular coordination (Dhesi et al 2002; Pfeifer et al 2002; Vieth 2005).
We also measured maximal isometric torque as a marker of muscle strength and found that the force generated by the SO individuals was significantly lower in comparison to both the young and AO groups (76% and 56%, respectively; P<0.01) (Figure 1A).
When many people complain about the same thing, it is vital that weight of numbers is not regarded as an intrinsic marker of the strength of an argument.
Bone density is a good marker of bone strength, and has been used widely in this respect.
GFP is a marker of the strength of a recorded scalp potential field [19].
Grooming is considered a good marker of affiliation strength,, and engenders a sense of bonding that allows cooperative or collective resource defense when confronted with inter-group conflict.
Both the synthesis of collagen and its mineralization are crucial for the bone tissue biomechanical properties and % collagen content is an important marker of biomechanical strength of bone, independent of the bone density [66].
A novel technique to consider that is relatively simple and portable is the use of ultrasound to measure quadriceps cross-sectional area as a nonvolitional surrogate marker of quadriceps strength [ 10].
For each specimen the peak load-to-failure (maximum observed load) was used to calculate the interface stress-to-failure (maximum load normalized to interface area) as a representative marker of interfacial strength.
