title: Perspectives: some roles of mechanical usage, muscle strength, and the mechanostat in skeletal physiology, disease, and research.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Jee
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D012106:Research