Former college artistic gymnasts maintain higher BMD: A nine-year follow-up

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1691-1697

  Pollock, N K ^a   Laing, E M ^a   Modlesky, C M ^b   O'Connor, P J ^c   Lewis, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detraining; Exercise; Former athletes; Former gymnasts; Gymnastics; Retired gymnasts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33749177247     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0181-3     Document Type: Article

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