Talk:Wolff's law

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Does anyone actually know anything about this? I have looked at some length and have been unable to find where Wolf's Law is found. Also is the Muay Thai reference accurate? I was under the impression that bone density only increased in response to shearing or compression forces. Impact forces would not really apply.

I am going to delete several of the examples due to a lack of response for sourcing.Reaper Man 04:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

.Reaper Man 04:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Wolff's Law is in deed the beginning of the Research in the relation of muscle and bone. The Mechanostat Model described in a huge extend by Harold Frost in the late 1960'S is a kind of refinement of the Wolff's law. There has been heeps of studeis sicne the 60s in thsi filed - in various animal studies as well as in human studies.

In fact local compression of bone depenend on its extendt (see Mechanostat) causes local adaptation of bone bass / geometry all over life. The princilpe behind: Form follows Function was allready found by Wolff. The precission was then done in the 60s and up to the 80s...

please set the articel back to online, since Wolff's law is an important step in the understanding of bone groth and bone-muscle interation. LEo013 04:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)