Bone mass and geometry of the tibia and the radius of master sprinters, middle and long distance runners, race-walkers and sedentary control participants: A pQCT study

Bone

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Wilks, D C ^a,b   Winwood, K ^a   Gilliver, S F ^a   Kwiet, A ^c   Chatfield, M ^b   Michaelis, I ^c   Sun, L W ^c   Ferretti, J L ^d   Sargeant, A J ^a,e   Felsenberg, D ^c   Rittweger, J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Exercise; Race walking; Track and field runners; Veteran athletes; Volumetric bone mineral density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE STRENGTH; COMPETITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RUNNING; SITTING; TIBIA; TIBIA SHAFT; TRABECULAR BONE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAPHYSES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; RADIUS; RUNNING; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WALKING;

EID: 67349261068     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.03.660     Document Type: Article

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