Total and regional bone mineral and tissue composition in female adolescent athletes: comparison between volleyball players and swimmers.
João Valente-Dos-SantosÓscar M TavaresJoão P DuartePaulo M Sousa-E-SilvaLuís M RamaJosé M CasanovaCarlos A Fontes-RibeiroElisa A MarquesDaniel CourteixEnio R V RonqueEdilson S CyrinoJorge CondeManuel J Coelho-E-SilvaPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2018)
Youth female athletes who participate in high-intensity weight-loading activities such as volleyball exhibit moderately higher levels of BMD at the lower limbs compared to non-loading sports such as swimming.