Skeletal geometry and indices of bone strength in artistic gymnasts

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 198-214

  Dowthwaite, Jodi N ^a   Scerpella, T A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Bone strength; Growth; Gymnastics; Mechanical loading

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TISSUE; CHILDHOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; FOREARM; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TIBIA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 73649141668     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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