Artistic versus rhythmic gymnastics: Effects on bone and muscle mass in young girls

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-393

  Vicente Rodriguez, German ^a,b   Dorado, C ^a   Ara, I ^a,b   Perez Gomez, J ^a   Olmedillas, H ^a   Delgado Guerra, S ^a   Calbet, J A L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Exercise; Hypertrophy; Physical fitness; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREPUBERTY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 34248524143     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924397     Document Type: Article

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