Upper-limb bone mineral density of female collegiate gymnasts versus controls

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1830-1835

  Proctor, Kerry L ^a   Adams, William C ^a   Shaffrath, James D ^a   Van Loan, Marta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mass; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Female athletes; Impact loading; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PLASTICITY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0036841440     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200211000-00021     Document Type: Article

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