Participation in leanness sports but not training volume is associated with menstrual dysfunction: A national survey of 1276 elite athletes and controls

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Torstveit, M K ^a   Sundgot Borgen, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NORWAY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NORWAY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; THINNESS;

EID: 14644387593     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.011338     Document Type: Article

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