Obstacles in the optimization of bone health outcomes in the female athlete triad

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 587-607

  Ducher, Gaele ^a,b   Turner, Anne I ^a   Kukuljan, Sonja ^a   Pantano, Kathleen J ^c   Carlson, Jennifer L ^d   Williams, Nancy I ^b   De Souza, Mary Jane ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone Health; Exercise; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMENORRHEA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; BONE DENSITY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPORT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPORTS; THINNESS;

EID: 79959447480     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11588770-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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