Higher premenarcheal bone mass in elite gymnasts is maintained into young adulthood after long-term retirement from sport: A 14-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-110

  Erlandson, Marta C ^a   Kontulainen, Saija A ^a   Chilibeck, Phil D ^a   Arnold, Cathy M ^b   Faulkner, Robert A ^a   Baxter Jones, Adam D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS; BONE MINERAL CONTENT (BMC); DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA); IMPACT LOADING; RETIRED GYMNASTS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MENARCHE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL LIFE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENARCHE; ORGAN SIZE; RETIREMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555187569     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.514     Document Type: Article

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