Non-elite gymnastics participation is associated with greater bone strength, muscle size, and function in pre- and early pubertal girls

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1277-1286

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

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artistic Gymnastics; Musculoskeletal; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Pre puberty; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PUBERTY;

EID: 84859237346     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1677-z     Document Type: Article

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