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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2009 Jan;37(1):52–56. doi: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31819121c6

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Schematic illustration of the proposed biophysical mechanism with knee loading. Pulsating joint loading induces periodic deformation in the epiphysis that drives alteration of intramedullary pressure in the medullary cavity and interstitial fluid flow in the lacunocanalicular network in the diaphysis.