Bone density comparisons in male competitive road cyclists and untrained controls

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Smathers, Aaron M ^a   Bemben, Michael G ^a   Bemben, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Endurance training; Lumbar spine; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BICYCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 65449177989     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318185493e     Document Type: Article

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