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- Title
Long-Term Leisure-Time Physical Activity Has a Positive Effect on Bone Mass Gain in Girls.
- Authors
Völgyi, Eszter; Lyytikäinen, Aria; Tylavsky, Frances A.; Nicholson, Patrick H. F.; Suominen, Harri; Alén, Markku; Cheng, Sulin
- Abstract
The article describes a study which examined the effect of long-term leisure-time physical activity on bone mass gain in girls. Results of the study suggested that long-term leisure-time physical activity has a positive effect on bone mass gain of multiple bone sites during the transition from prepuberty to early adulthood in teenage girls.
- Subjects
LEISURE; PHYSICAL activity; BONES; GIRLS; PUBERTY; ADULTS; TEENAGE girls
- Publication
Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 2010, Vol 25, Issue 5, p1034
- ISSN
0884-0431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1359/jbmr.091115