Does repetitive physical loading inhibit radial growth in female gymnasts?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 302-308

  Caine, Dennis ^a,b   Howe, Warren ^b   Ross, William ^a   Bergman, Gary ^c  

^a Hlth and Recr ^*  (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwest Radiologists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphyseal; Growth plate; Gymnast; Injury; Ulna radial length difference (URLD)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULNA;

EID: 0030832738     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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