Determinants of bone density and prevalence of osteopenia among female runners in their second to seventh decades of age

Bone

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 591-598

  Gibson, J H ^a   Harries, M ^a   Mitchell, A ^a,b   Godfrey, R ^a   Lunt, M ^b   Reeve, J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletic amenorrhoea; Bone mineral density; Estrogen; Mechanical loading; Osteoporosis; Running

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RUNNING;

EID: 0034122461     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(00)00274-X     Document Type: Article

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