Skeletal benefits of pre-menarcheal gymnastics are retained after activity cessation

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-33

  Scerpella, Tamara A ^a   Dowthwaite, Jodi N ^a   Gero, Nicole M ^a   Kanaley, Jill A ^b   Ploutz Snyder, Robert J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENARCHE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GYMNASTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REST; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77249123071     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.22.1.21     Document Type: Article

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