Participation in high-impact sports predicts bone mineral density in senior olympic athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-513

  Leigey, Daniel ^a   Irrgang, James ^a   Francis, Kimberly ^a   Cohen, Peter ^a   Wright, Vonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Elderly; Exercise; High impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856246601     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738109347979     Document Type: Article

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