Skeletal differences at the ulna and radius between pre-pubertal non-elite female gymnasts and non-gymnasts

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Burt, L A ^a   Naughton, G A ^a   Greene, D A ^a   Ducher, G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Forearm; Gymnastics; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Volumetric bone density

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; GYMNAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TRABECULAR BONE; ULNA;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RADIUS; ULNA;

EID: 80052653434     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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