Prevalence of the female athlete Triad in high school athletes and sedentary students

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-428

  Hoch, Anne Z ^a   Pajewski, Nicholas M ^a   Moraski, Luann ^a   Carrera, Guillermo F ^b   Wilson, Charles R ^b   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a   Schimke, Jane E ^a   Gutterman, David D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Energy deficit; Female athletes; Reduced bone mineral density

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA AND OLIGOMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 70349680903     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181b8c136     Document Type: Article

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