B Human Movement Sciences (Ed), M Science, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact details for Associate Professor Belinda Beck
Research expertise
- The effect of mechanical loading on bone, including:
- Prevention and treatment of bone stress injuries
- Exercise interventions
- Whole body vibration
- Radiological grading systems for bone stress injuries
- Falls prevention
Current teaching areas
- Gross, clinical and functional anatomy
Selected publications
- Beck B.R. Muscle forces or gravitational loads: What places the largest forces on bones? (2009) Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 41(11):2033-2036.
- Weeks, B.K, and Beck B.R. (2008). A bone-specific physical activity questionnaire to account for recent and historical exposure to mechanical loads. Osteoporosis International. 19(11):1567-1577.
- Weeks, B.K., Young, C.M., and Beck, B.R. (2008). Eight months of regular in-school jumping improves indices of bone strength in adolescent boys and girls: Results of the POWER PE study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 23(7):1002-1011.
- Beck, B.R., Matheson G., Bergman G., Norling T., Fredericson M., Hoffman A., and Marcus R. (2008). Do capacitively coupled electric fields accelerate tibial stress fracture healing? American Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(3): 545-553.
- Young, C.M. , Weeks B.K. , and Beck B.R.(2007). Simple, novel physical activity maintains proximal femur bone mineral density, and improves muscle strength and balance in sedentary, postmenopausal Caucasian women. Osteoporosis International. 18(10):1379-1387.
- Beck, B. R.; Qin, Y. X.; McLeod, K. J. and Otter, M. W. (2002). On the relationship between streaming potential and strain in an in vivo bone preparation, Calcified Tissue International, 71(4):335-343.