Female Adolescent Athletes’ Awareness of the Connection between Menstrual Status and Bone Health

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 311-314

  Feldmann, Jennifer M ^a   Belsha, Jerissa P ^b   Eissa, Mona A ^c   Middleman, Amy B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Amenorrhea; Athlete athletics; Bone mineral density; Female athlete triad; Menstrual irregularity; Oligomenorrhea; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OLIGOMENORRHEA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; TRACK AND FIELD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84856037478     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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