Bone health in cyclists: Discrepancies between the axial and peripheral skeletons

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1975-

  Ducher, Gaele ^a   Naughton, Geraldine A ^b   Lorenzen, Christian ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOREARM; HIP; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWER LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BICYCLING; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; TIBIA;

EID: 70349666692     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181af2764     Document Type: Letter

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