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ObjectivesThough relationships between limb bone structure and mechanical loading have provided fantastic opportunities for understanding the lives of prehistoric adults, the lives of children remain poorly understood. Our aim was to determine whether or not adult tibial skeletal variables retain information about childhood/adolescent loading, through assessing relationships between cortical and trabecular bone variables and the timing of impact loading relative to menarche in premenopausal adult females.MethodsPeripheral quantitative computed tomography was used to quantify geometric and densitometric variables from the proximal tibial diaphysis (66% location) and distal epiphysis (4% location) among 81 nulliparous young adult female controls and athletes aged 19–33 years grouped according to intensity of impact loading both pre‐ and post‐menarche: (1) Low:Low (Controls); (2) High:Low; (3) High:High; (4) Moderate:Moderate; (5) Low:Moderate. ANCOVA was used to compare properties among the groups adjusted for age, stature, and body mass.ResultsSignificant increases in diaphyseal total cross‐sectional area and strength‐strain index were documented among groups with any pre‐menarcheal impact loading relative to groups with none, regardless of post‐menarcheal loading history (p < .01). In contrast, significantly elevated distal trabecular volumetric bone mineral density was only documented among groups with recent post‐menarcheal loading relative to groups with none, regardless of pre‐menarcheal impact loading history (p < .01).ConclusionsThe consideration of diaphyseal cortical bone geometric and epiphyseal trabecular bone densitometric variables together within the tibia can identify variation in pre‐menarcheal and post‐menarcheal impact loading histories among premenopausal adult females.

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