Risk factors for stress fracture in female endurance athletes: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Duckham, Rachel L ^a   Peirce, Nicholas ^b   Meyer, Caroline ^a   Summers, Gregory D ^c   Cameron, Noël ^a   Brooke Wavell, Katherine ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPULSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EATING DISORDER; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LOWER LEG LEAN TISSUE MASS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARATHON RUNNER; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TRIATHLON;

EID: 84873180229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001920     Document Type: Article

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