ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2007
Bone density and young athletic women. An update.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Soccer helps build strong bones during growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2018Pooled it
- BONE GEOMETRY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao PauloPooled it
- A Longitudinal Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density Across a Macrocycle in Highly Trained Female Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The time course of changes in bone mass and bone strength induced by the combination of voluntary running exercise and food restriction in young female rats.Physical activity and nutrition · 2026Article
- The Muscle-Bone Unit in Male Elite Soccer Players Aged 14-19.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- A comprehensive review and advanced biomolecule-based therapies for osteoporosis.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Effects of key physiological parameters on cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis risk in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport-Multidisciplinary Treatment in Clinical Practice.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Lower Bone Mineral Density in Female Elite Athletes With Menstrual Dysfunction From Mixed Sports.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- High prevalence of stress fractures and long-term amenorrhoea in high endurance female athletes: The misleading lack of correlation with bone mineral density.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Do we need to change the guideline values for determining low bone mineral density in athletes?Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Female Athlete Triad Risk Factors among Female International Volunteers and College Age-Matched Controls.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of the Characteristics of Exercise on The Risk of Breast Cancer Instructions.Materia socio-medica · 2021Article
- Vitamin D and Stress Fractures in Sport: Preventive and Therapeutic Measures-A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
- Hip and spine bone mineral density are greater in master sprinters, but not endurance runners compared with non-athletic controls.Archives of osteoporosis · 2018Article
- Bone Parameters in Anorexia Nervosa and Athletic Amenorrhea: Comparison of Two Hypothalamic Amenorrhea States.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2018Article
- Exercise characteristics influence femoral cross-sectional geometry: a magnetic resonance imaging study in elite female athletes.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015Article
- Does the frequency and intensity of physical activity in adolescence have an impact on bone? The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2015Article
- High Folic Acid Intake during Pregnancy Lowers Body Weight and Reduces Femoral Area and Strength in Female Rat Offspring.Journal of osteoporosis · 2013Article
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Abstract
High-school girls and collegiate women have tremendous opportunities to participate in athletic teams. Young girls are also playing in club and select teams at an early age and often, year-round. There are many benefits for participating in sport and physical activity on both the physical and mental health of girls and women. Decreased risk for heart disease and diabetes mellitus, along with improved self-esteem and body-image, were among the first reported benefits of regular physical activity. In addition, sport participation and physical activity is also associated with bone health. Athletes have a greater bone mineral density compared with non-active and physically active females. The increase in bone mass should reduce the risk of fragility fractures in later life. There appears to be a window of opportunity during the development of peak bone mass in which the bone is especially responsive to weight-bearing physical activity. Impact loading sports such as gymnastics, rugby or volleyball tend to produce a better overall osteogenic response than sports without impact loading such as cycling, rowing and swimming. Relatively little is known about the impact of retiring from athletics on bone density. It appears that former athletes continue to have a higher bone density than non-athletes; however, the rate of bone loss appears to be similar in the femoral neck. The positive impact of sports participation on bone mass can be tempered by nutritional and hormonal status. It is not known whether female athletes need additional calcium compared with the general female population. Due to the increased energy expenditure of exercise and/or the pressure to obtain an optimal training bodyweight, some female athletes may develop low energy availability or an eating disorder and subsequently amenorrhoea and a loss of bone mineral density. The three inter-related clinical disorders are referred to as the 'female athlete triad'. This article presents a review of the relationship between sports training and bone health, specifically bone mineral density, in young athletic women.
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