Physical activity increases bone size in prepubertal boys and bone mass in prepubertal girls: A combined cross-sectional and 3-year longitudinal study

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 406-415

  Sundberg, Martin ^a   Gardsell P ^a   Johnell, O ^a   Karlsson, M K ^a   Ornstein, E ^a   Sandstedt, B ^a   Sernbo, I ^a  

^a Department of Orthopedics ^*

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bone mineral density; Growth; Longitudinal; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0042354773     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-001-1105-z     Document Type: Article

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