Peripubertal pertubations in elite gymnasts caused by sport specific training regimes and inadequate nutritional intake

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 210-215

  Weimann, Edda ^a   Witzel, C ^a   Schwidergall, S ^a   Bohles H J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body composition; Delayed puberty; Gymnastics; Menarche; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; DELAYED PUBERTY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; SPORT; TRAINING; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERTION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH DISORDERS; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033625511     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8875     Document Type: Article

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