Risk factors for stress fracture among young female cross-country runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1457-1463

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   Bachrach, Laura K ^a   Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^b   Nieves, Jeri ^c,f   Greendale, Gail A ^d   Sowers, Maryfran ^e   Brown Jr , Byron W ^a   Matheson, Kim A ^a   Crawford, Sybil L ^b   Cobb, Kristin L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Epidemiology; Female athletes; Long distance runners

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548459726     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318074e54b     Document Type: Article

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