Bone geometry according to menstrual function in female endurance athletes

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 444-450

  Duckham, R L ^a   Peirce, N ^b,c   Bailey, C A ^a   Summers, G ^b,d   Cameron, N ^a   Brooke Wavell, K ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Bone mineral density; Endurance athlete; Female; Menstrual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATHLETE; BONE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; HIP; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT; HISTOLOGY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETES; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891536204     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-013-9700-3     Document Type: Article

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