… the relationship between sports training and bone health, specifically bone mineral … sports
training to BMD in athletic women and highlight comparisons to physically active young women…

… cantly lower vertebral bone mineral density in young amenorrheic athletes compared with
eumenorrheic control subjects. An apparent reversal of this loss was observed in two studies1,…

… bone density values of adult athletic women … bone density values of these “athletic” women.
Neither was estrogen status a factor in the younger athletic groups as amenorrheic women …

… Among men, manual workers tended to have slightly higher bone densities than did
nonmanual … between radial BMD and time spent playing sports during adolescence …

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between body weight
and composition, muscular strength, physical activity, and bone mineral density (BMD) in …

… Our results Show a lack of relationship between muscle strength and bone density in our
cohort of gymnasts who display elevated bone density. These findings concur with others who …

… trend for eumenorrheic athletes to have higher bone densities than the dysfunctional athletes.
It has been documented that both eumenorrheic and oligo/amenorrheic female gymnasts …

… Muscle strength as a predictor of bone mineral density in young women. J … Weight training
decreases vertebral bone density in premenopausal women: a prospective study. J Clin …

… less effective with regard to peak bone density. Intensive endurance training may even be …
bone density in young females. However, after menopause female athletes show greater bone …

… women aged 19-26 years, we examined the association of six characteristics of menstrual
history with bone density … a determinant of current bone density in young athletes. JAMA 1990;…