Muscle indices do not fully account for enhanced upper extremity bone mass and strength in gymnasts

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-14

  Dowthwaitel, Jodi N ^a,c   Kanaley, J A ^b   Spadaro, J A ^a   Hickman, R M ^a   Scerpella, T A ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Human Performance   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Mechanical loading; Muscle; PQCT; Radius

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THINNESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67649416494     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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