The muscle-bone unit in adolescent swimmers.

A Gomez-BrutonA Gonzalez-AgueroA Matute-LlorenteG Lozano-BergesA Gomez-CabelloL A MorenoJ A CasajusGermán Vicente-Rodríguez

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)

The contradictory results regarding BMC in swimmers found in previous studies could partly be explained with the findings of the present study that reinforce the idea that swimming is not an effective sport to practice regarding bone mass and that the muscle-bone unit is different in swimmers than in controls.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
soft tissue
skeletal muscle
bone loss
bone regeneration
primary care
young adults
healthcare
postmenopausal women
mental health
quality improvement