How does exercise affect bone development during growth?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 561-569

  Vicente Rodríguez, German ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; BONE MINERAL; CELL ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; FOOTBALL; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME PERCEPTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33745617668     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636070-00002     Document Type: Review

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