Can the adult skeleton recover lost bone

摘要: Abstract The loss of bone mineral with aging and subsequent development osteoporosis is a common problem in elderly women, as life expectancy increases, men well. Space flight also causes could be limiting factor for long duration missions, such as, Mars expedition or extended occupation space station. Before effective countermeasures can devised, thorough knowledge the extent, location, rate during weightlessness needed from actual data ground-based disuse models. In addition, extent that these losses are reversed after return primary importance. Although mechanisms not likely to same flight, there elements. For example, strategies developed prevent enhance recovery following might have direct applicability clinical medicine. various reasons, little attention has been given mass flight. As prelude design bone, this paper reviews published literature related adult. We conclude expected, but will individual site dependent. encourage formation may important implementing