Vitamin D status in professional ballet dancers: Winter vs. summer

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 388-391

  Wolman, Roger ^a,e   Wyon, Matthew A ^b,c,e   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^c,f,g   Nevill, Alan M ^c   Eastell, Richard ^d   Allen, Nick ^b,c,e  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone metabolism; Injury; Oral contraceptive; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ASCORBIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

BONE METABOLISM; INJURY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881614343     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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