Bone Mineral Reference Values for Athletes 11 to 20 Years of Age.

Irina KalabiskaAnnamária Zsákai Robert M MalinaTamas Szabo

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)

The potential utility of the DEXA reference for male and female youth athletes may assist in monitoring changes in the BMC and BMD associated with normal growth and maturation, and perhaps more importantly, may be useful in monitoring changes specific to different phases of sport-specific training protocols.

Keyphrases

high school
mental health
young adults
bone mineral density
risk assessment
body composition
bone loss