Preventing and managing stress fractures in athletes

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 171-180

  Bennell, Kim ^a   Brukner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prevention; Risk factors; Stress fracture; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; PLACEBO; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FITNESS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SPORT; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 28044449905     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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