title: The role of muscles and effects of load on growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: Mack
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gardner-Morse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*