Bone volumetric density, geometry, and strength in female and male collegiate runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2026-2032

  Smock, Amanda J ^a   Hughes, Julie M ^a   Popp, Kristin L ^a   Wetzsteon, Rachel J ^b   Stovitz, Steven D ^c   Kaufman, Beth C ^a   Kurzer, Mindy S ^a   Petit, Moira A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone strength; Exercise; Mechanostat; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pqct)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RUNNING; TIBIA; ULNA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350238801     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a7a5a2     Document Type: Article

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