Delayed but normally progressed puberty is more pronounced in artistic compared with rhythmic elite gymnasts due to the intensity of training

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6022-6027

  Theodoropoulou, Anastasia ^a   Markou, Kostas B ^a   Vagenakis, George A ^a   Benardot, Dan ^b   Leglise, Michel ^c   Kourounis, George ^a   Vagenakis, Apostolos G ^a,d   Georgopoulos, Neoklis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Federation of Gymnastics Medical Committee   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PUBERTY, DELAYED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 27744483699     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1762     Document Type: Article

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