Energetic Efficiency, Menstrual Irregularity, and Bone Mineral Density in Elite Professional Female Ballet Dancers

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 146-154

  Doyle Lucas, Ashley F ^a   Akers, Jeremy D ^a   Davy, Brenda M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DANCING; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DANCING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 82255195431     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X1001400403     Document Type: Article

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