Female boxers have high bone mineral density despite low body fat mass, high energy expenditure, and a high incidence of oligomenorrhea

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-869

  Trutschnigg, Barbara ^a   Chong, Chin ^a   Habermayerova, Lucia ^a   Karelis, Antony D ^b   Komorowski, Joanna ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Body composition; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Menstrual status; Physical activity energy expenditure

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BOXING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BOXING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649107294     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-071     Document Type: Article

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