The pathophysiology of stress fractures

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Pepper, Michelle ^a   Akuthota, Venu ^b   McCarty, Eric C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AMENORRHEA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTRACEPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOGGING; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 28544436226     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2005.08.010     Document Type: Review

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