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  • Biomechanics
  • Skeletal Biology
  • Neuromuscular Science

Background:

  • Functional movement relies on integrated neurological, skeletal, and muscular systems.
  • The skeletal system provides the fundamental framework for human movement.
  • Understanding skeletal adaptation to mechanical environments is key to neuromuscular development and musculoskeletal pathology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the challenges in measuring in vivo bone strains, stresses, and forces in humans.
  • To emphasize the historical reliance on animal models for in vivo skeletal research.
  • To underscore the need for validating and developing advanced non-invasive imaging and modeling techniques for human skeletal research.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current limitations in directly measuring in vivo bone mechanics in humans.
  • Discussion of the utility of animal models for in vivo skeletal and neuromuscular studies.
  • Exploration of emerging non-invasive imaging and modeling techniques for assessing skeletal form and function.

Main Results:

  • Direct in vivo measurement of human bone mechanics remains a significant challenge.
  • Animal models provide valuable in vivo data on skeletal adaptation and muscle-skeletal interactions.
  • Recent advancements in multi-modal imaging and modeling offer non-invasive in vivo insights into human skeletal form and function.

Conclusions:

  • Combining multiple imaging and modeling techniques enhances understanding of the human skeletal, muscular, and neurological systems' form-function relationship.
  • Validation of current non-invasive tools is essential for accurate in vivo skeletal research.
  • Continued development of novel techniques is required to overcome existing limitations and advance knowledge of structural-functional relationships in bone.