The female athlete triad exists in both elite athletes and controls

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1449-1459

  Torstveit, Monica Klungland ^a   Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Olympic Training Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Bone mineral density; Eating disorders; Menstrual dysfunction; Osteopenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ELITE ATHLETE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEANNESS SPORT; NORWAY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORWAY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 25444529762     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000177678.73041.38     Document Type: Article

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