Growth, body composition and bone mineral density among pubertal male athletes: intra-individual 12-month changes and comparisons between soccer players and swimmers.
Daniela C CostaJoão Valente-Dos-SantosPaulo Sousa-E-SilvaDiogo Vicente MartinhoJoão Pedro DuarteOscar M TavaresJoaquim M CastanheiraTomás G OliveiraSandra AbreuNeiva LeiteRicardo Ribeiro AgostineteRomulo Araújo FernandesDaniel CourteixManuel João Coelho E SilvaPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2022)
Puberty appeared as a period of significant intra-individual changes in lean soft tissue and bone mineral density. With increasing accumulated training experience, mean difference between sports contrasting in mechanical impact tended to me more pronounced in particular at the lower limbs.