Potential Benefits of Marathon Training on Bone Health as Assessed by Calcaneal Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-183

  Drysdale, Ian P ^a   Collins, Adam L ^a   Walters, Nicholas J ^a   Bird, Daphne ^a   Hinkley, Heather J ^a  

^a British College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone density; broadband ultrasound attenuation; BUA; calcaneus; marathon training; weight bearing exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247648577     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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