Bone Abstracts

Objectives: This study analysed prospective associations between two distinct developmental trajectories of objectively-measured physical activity and late adolescent bone parameters (age 17 yr) by exploring the mediating effects of lean soft tissue (LST), a surrogate of muscle mass.Methods: In approximately 349 participants (191 girls) of the Iowa Bone Development Study, physical activity was measured by accelerometry starting at age 5 and continuing at...