Femoral neck structure in adult female athletes subjected to different loading modalities

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 520-528

  Nikander, Riku ^a   Sievänen, Harri ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^a,b   Kannus, Pekka ^a,c  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Bone structure; Loading; Osteoporosis; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPORT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS;

EID: 14344250561     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.041119     Document Type: Article

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