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Low mechanical signals strengthen long bones

Clinton T. Rubin, A. Simon Turner, Steven D. Bain, Craig Mallinckrodt, Kenneth J. McLeod

Nature · 2001 · 717 citations · 9 references

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Quantifying the strain history of bone: spatial uniformity and self-similarity of low-magnitude strains

Susannah P. Fritton, Kenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin · Journal of Biomechanics · 2000 · 397 citations

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Long-term fatigue behavior of compact bone at low strain magnitude and rate

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In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones of <i>Alligator mississippiensis</i> and <i>Iguana iguana</i>: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non-sprawling limb posture

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