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MUSCULOSKELETAL
DEVELOPMENT & ADAPTATION
AHPT 3334
8.30 – 12.30 p.m.
20.03.2024
ELIN ELISA
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• To understand the development of musculoskeletal system
• To understand how bone and muscle adaptation take place
following post-traumatic injuries
• To understand the effect of intervention on musculoskeletal
system
• To understand the long-term effect of atypical muscle
development
UNDERSTANDING MUSCULOSKELETAL
DEVELOPMENT
• During fetal development, bone is
created through:
• Intramembranous ossification
• Endochondral ossification
• Intramembranous ossification
• Directly convert mesenchymal tissue to bone &
form the flat bone of the skull & clavicle
• Endochondral ossification
• Mesenchymal tissue is transformed into
cartilage intermediate
• Later formed axial skeleton & long bone
• Development & maintenance of bone
extended postnatally
-YasminMogahed-