Bone mineral density in female high school athletes: Interactions of menstrual function and type of mechanical loading

Bone

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-377

  Nichols, Jeanne F ^a   Rauh, Mitchell J ^a,b   Barrack, Michelle T ^a,c   Barkai, Hava Shoshana ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Amenorrhea; Bone mass; Impact sports; Menstrual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMENORRHEA; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SELF REPORT; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; SPORTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34547579346     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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