Physical activity and bone health / Karim Khan ... [et al.].
Material type: TextPublication details: Champaign, Ill. ; Leeds : Human Kinetics, c2001.Description: xii, 272 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780880119689:
- 0880119683
- 612.75
- .P47 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Anatomy -- Physiology -- Biomechanics -- Measuring the properties of bone -- Age, sex, genetics and race -- Soft tissue determinants of bone mineral density -- Influence of normal endocrine function on bone mineral -- Dietary intake and bone mineral -- Measurement of physical activity -- Physical activity and bone in childhood and adolescence -- Physical activity, targeted bone loading and bone mineral in premenopausal women -- Physical activity, targeted bone loading and bone mineral in postmenopausal women -- Physical activity, targeted bone loading and bone mineral in men -- Exercise and fall prevention -- Exercise prescription for people with osteoporosis -- Skeletal effects of menstrual disturbance -- Stress fractures -- Getting involved in bone research -- Research projects suitable for a Master's thesis -- Research projects suitable for a PhD thesis.
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