Seasonal change in bone, muscle and fat in professional rugby league players and its relationship to injury: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Georgeson, Erin C ^a   Weeks, Benjamin K ^a   McLellan, Chris ^b   Beck, Belinda R ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUGBY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT INJURY; TIBIA;

EID: 84873207561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001400     Document Type: Article

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