Bone density, structure and strength, and their determinants in aging sprint athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2340-2349

  Korhonen, Marko T ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^a   Siekkinen, Jaana ^a   Isolehto, Juha ^a   Alén, Markku ^a,b   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^c   Suominen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ground reaction force; High impact; Masters athletes; Mechanical loading; Osteoporosis; pQCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATHLETES; BONE DENSITY; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84870060246     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318267c954     Document Type: Article

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