Bone mass following physical activity in young years: A mean 39-year prospective controlled study in men

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1389-1397

  Tveit, M ^a,b   Rosengren, B E ^a,b   Nilsson, J A ^a,b   Ahlborg, H G ^a,b   Karlsson, M K ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Former athletes; Osteoporosis; Physical activity; Prospective controlled study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; SPORTS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876469188     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2081-z     Document Type: Article

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