Ground reaction forces, bone characteristics, and tibial stress fracture in male runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1088-1093

  Crossley, Kay ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^b   Wrigley, Tim ^b   Oakes, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BMD; Bone geometry; External loads; Kinetics; Overuse injuries; Running; Stress fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032873006     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199908000-00002     Document Type: Article

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