March 2013 issue

The contents of JMNI Volume 13, Number 1, March 2013 are: Can local muscles augment stability in the hip? A narrative literature review. T.H. Retchford, K.M. Crossley, A. Grimaldi, J.L. Kemp, S.M. Cowan Whole body vibration therapy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy − A prospective observational study A-C. Söderpalm, A-K. Kroksmark, P. Magnusson, J. Karlsson, M. Tulinius, D. Swolin-Eide The acute effects of whole-body vibration on gait parameters in adults with cerebral palsy D.C. Dickin, K.A. Faust, H. Wang, J. Frame Disuse induced by botulinum toxin affects the bone marrow expression profile of bone genes leading to a rapid bone loss H. Marchand-Libouban, M.A. Le Drévo, D. Chappard Electrical impedance alterations in the rat hind limb with unloading J. Li, A.J. Spieker, G.D. Rosen, S.B. Rutkove Sclerostin and DKK1 levels during 14 and 21 days of bed rest in healthy young men P. Frings-Meuthen, G. Boehme, A-M. Liphardt, N. Baecker, M. Heer, J. Rittweger Bone geometry and strength are adapted to muscle force in children and adolescents perinatally infected with HIV H.M. Macdonald, J. Chu, L. Nettlefold, E.J. Maan, J.C. Forbes, H. Côté, A. Aliment6; CIHR Emerging Team Grant on HIV Therapy and Aging (CARMA) Bone strength and density via pQCT in post-menopausal osteopenic women after 9 months resistive exercise with whole body vibration or proprioceptive exercise N. Stolzenberg, D.L. Belavý, G. Beller, G. Armbrecht, J. Semler, D. Felsenberg Changes in bone density and geometry of the radius in chronic stroke and related factors: A one-year prospective study M.Y.C. Pang, M. Zhang, L.S.W. Li, A.Y.M. Jones Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and ages L.A. Weidauer, T.L. Binkley, R. Berry, B.L. Specker The effect of the oral contraceptive pill on the passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius muscle in vivo C.I. Morse, J. Spencer, A.W. Hussain, G.L. Onambeler Is exercise-induced muscle damage susceptibility body segment dependent? Evidence for whole body susceptibility M. Machado, L.E. Brown, P. Augusto-Silva, R. Pereira Vitamin D status and muscle function in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) C.W. Hockett, J. Eelloo, S.M. Huson, S.A. Roberts, J.L. Berry, C. Chaloner, R. Rawer, M.Z. Mughal Fibrous dysplasia; confirmation of clinical diagnosis by DNA tests instead of biopsy I.P. Stathopoulos, A.P. Balanika, C.S. Baltas, K. Lampropoulou-Adamidou, T. Koromila, P. Kollia, S. Tournis, N.A. Papaioannou, A. Katsalira