Bone Abstracts

After many years of study, researchers show that obesity can harm the bones. It is not known whether the increased fat mass can accelerate the process of bone loss. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether high-fat diet accelerates the process of bone loss in ovariectomized rats. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of our Institution (188/2013). 40 female wistars rats with body mass of 60 g were used in this study. They were equally divided into four experimen...

Introduction: Osteopenia and osteoporosis are osteometabolics disorders characterized by decreased bone mineral density (BMD) with deterioration of bone microarchitecture. Since the beginning of the space age, there was a growing interest in trying to reproduce on Earth an environment that could simulate the effects of microgravity to induce bone, a state of osteopenia. The aim of this study was to present a new osteopenia induction model through the full body suspension.<...