High bone mineral density in male elite professional volleyball players

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 468-474

  Calbet, J A L ^a   Diaz Herrera P ^b   Rodriguez L P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mass; DXA; Exercise; Muscle mass; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR NECK; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG BONES; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 0343484314     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050256     Document Type: Article

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