Musculoskeletal and estrogen changes during the adolescent growth spurt in girls

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-145

  Wild, Catherine Y ^a   Steele, Julie R ^a   Munro, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL; injuries; lower limb; Puberty

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PUBERTY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84871610430     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31826a507e     Document Type: Article

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