Bone mass acquisition in female rhythmic gymnasts during puberty: No direct role for leptin

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 604-611

  Maïmoun, Laurent ^a   Coste, Olivier ^a,b   Jaussent, Audrey ^c   Mariano Goulart, Denis ^a   Sultan, Charles ^a,c   Paris, Françoise ^a,c  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Direction Régionale Jeunesse Sport et Cohésion Sociale Occitanie   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; TRAINING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77950261195     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03718.x     Document Type: Article

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