The influence of intensive physical exercise on bone acquisition in adolescent elite female and male artistic gymnasts

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4383-4387

  Markou, Kostas B ^a,b   Mylonas, Panagiotis ^a   Theodoropoulou, Anastasia ^a   Kontogiannis, Apostolos ^a   Leglise, Michel ^b,c   Vagenakis, Apostolos G ^a   Georgopoulos, Neoklis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b International Gymnastic Federation ^*  (Switzerland)

^c International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4544276959     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031865     Document Type: Article

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