Pathophysiology of bone loss in the female athlete

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1205, Issue , 2010, Pages 45-50

  Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^a   Papadimitriou, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

amenorrhea; eating disorders; female athletes; low bone mass; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; SEX HORMONE;

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANOVULATION; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERALIZATION; BULIMIA; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATING DISORDER; ENERGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NUTRITION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SCREENING; SPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN INTAKE; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY;

ATHLETES; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957069981     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05681.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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