Reduced ultrasound velocity in tibial bone of young ballet dancers

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 296-299

  Foldes, A J ^a   Danziger, A ^a   Constantini, N ^a   Popovtzer, M M ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ballet dancers; Bone mineral density; Exercise; Speed of sound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OSTEOPENIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DANCING; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 0030813888     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972637     Document Type: Article

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