Peripubertal female athletes in high-impact sports show improved bone mass acquisition and bone geometry

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1088-1098

  Maïmoun, Laurent ^a,g   Coste, Olivier ^a,b   Philibert, Pascal ^a   Briot, Karine ^c   Mura, Thibault ^d,e   Galtier, Florence ^d,e   Mariano Goulart, Denis ^a   Paris, Françoise ^a,f   Sultan, Charles ^a,f  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHRU Montpellier ^*  (France)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bone mass acquisition; Growth period; Intensive training; Markers of bone turnover; OPG RANKL system

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMAN; LEISURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SPORT;

ABMD; AG; AREAL BONE MINERAL DENSITY; ARTISTIC GYMNASTS; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; BONE MASS ACQUISITION; CON; CONTROLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL MOMENT OF INERTIA; CSA; CSMI; CTX; DEXA; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FAT-FREE SOFT TISSUE; FFST; FM; GROWTH PERIOD; HAS; HIP STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE TRAINING; INTERTROCHANTERIC; IT; L1-L4; LUMBAR SPINE; MARKERS OF BONE TURNOVER; NARROW-NECK; NN; OC; OPG; OPG/RANKL SYSTEM; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PINP; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE I N-TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE; RANK-LIGAND; RANKL; RG; RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS; SECTION MODULUS; SW; SWIMMERS; TOTAL PROXIMAL FEMUR; TPF; TYPE I-C TELOPEPTIDE BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; WB; WHOLE BODY; Z;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; GYMNASTICS; HIP; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBERTY; RANK LIGAND; SPORTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84880573368     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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