Is Osteopenia a Health Risk in Professional Cyclists?

Jean Medelli; Joseph Lounana; Jean Jacques Menuet; Mohamad Shabani; Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre

doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2008.07.057

Is Osteopenia a Health Risk in Professional Cyclists?

Jean Medelli
, Joseph Lounana
, Jean Jacques Menuet
, Mohamad Shabani
, Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-34
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2008.07.057
State	Published - Jan 2009
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

Keywords

Bone mineral content
bone mineral density
dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
professional cyclists

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title = "Is Osteopenia a Health Risk in Professional Cyclists?",

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author = "Jean Medelli and Joseph Lounana and Menuet, \{Jean Jacques\} and Mohamad Shabani and Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre",

note = "Bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Lunar DPX-NT, SV 4.0 in 23 professional male cyclists (age: 28.5 ± 3.9 yr; height: 179 ± 6.8 cm; weight: 70.9 ± 7.1 kg −1). Eight subjects had normal L1-L4 T-score values (−0.19 ± 0.62) and 15 had low values (−1.57 ± 0.45).",

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