Forearm and tibial bone measures of distance- and sprint-trained master cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 566-573

  Wilks, Désirée C ^a,b   Gilliver, Sally F ^a   Rittweger, Jörn ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Bone mass; Bone mineral density; PQCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; RADIUS; TIBIA SHAFT; TRAINING; BICYCLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIPHYSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RADIUS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 66149141891     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818a0ec8     Document Type: Article

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