Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Author "Devlin, Maureen J."
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The effect of a "bent-knee" gait on trabecular orientation: an experiment test of Wolff's Law
Pontzer, Herman; Lieberman, Daniel; Momin, E.N.; Devlin, Maureen J.; Polk, John D.; Hallgrimsson, Benedikt; Cooper, David M.L. (John Wiley & Sons, 2005)While recent attempts have been made to link trabecular orientation to gait and posture in extinct hominids, there have been few controlled experiments to test the hypothesis that there is a predictable functional relationship ... -
Estradiol, estrogen receptor alpha, and osteogenic responses to mechanical loading
Devlin, Maureen J.; Lieberman, Daniel; Olsen, Bjorn R.; Fukai, Naomi (John Wiley & Sons, 2005)Despite evidence that mechanical loads can induce diaphyseal bone growth, there is little consensus about how, and to what extent, strain affects human skeletal phenotype. This project tests a mechanism of mechanotransduction ... -
Peripubertal Estrogen Levels and Physical Activity Affect Young Adult Bone Strength in Women
Stetter, C.M.; Lieberman, Daniel; Devlin, Maureen J.; Lin, H.M.; Beck, T.J.; Legro, R.S.; Loyd, T. (John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Understanding how growing bones adapt to mechanical loading is a fundamental problem in human biology. Exercise-induced changes in bone strength are greater in women who start exercising premenarchally vs. postmenarchally, ... -
Trabecular Bone Orientation in Flexed Versus Extended Postures in Guinea Fowl: A Test of Wolff’s Law
Devlin, Maureen J.; Pontzer, Herman; Lieberman, Daniel; Polk, John D. (John Wiley & Sons, 2003)Although bipedal locomotion is a hominin synapomorphy, disagreements persist about whether early hominin bipeds were capable of fully extended limb posture, or used a bent-knee, bent-hip gait. Several recent studies have ...