The prepubertal years: A uniquely opportune stage of growth when the skeleton is most responsive to exercise?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Bass, S L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONG BONE; OSSIFICATION; PREPUBERTY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0033837341     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200030020-00001     Document Type: Article

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