Bone mass in lifetime tennis athletes
| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Knochenmasse bei lebenslang spielenden Tennisspielern |
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| Autor: | Huddlestone, Alan L.; Rockwell, David; Kulund, Daniel L.; Harrison, R. Brent |
| Erschienen in: | Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Veröffentlicht: | 244 (1980), 10, S. 1107-1109, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0254-9077, 1538-3598, 0002-9955, 0098-7484 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU198205016697 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The effects of physical exercise on the status of bone mineralization for a population of lifetime athletes were investigated. The bone mineral content ofthe radii of experienced male tennis players was measured. The bone mass of the radius of the playing arm (mean, 1.37 g/cm) was greater than that of the nonplaying arm (mean, 123 g/cm) in all but one person. The results were compared with data for a nonathletic (normal) population. The quantity of bone mineral present in the playing arms of the athletic population wasgreater than that of the dominant arms of nonathletes, which suggests that playing tennis during a lifetime may produce a localized increase in bone minerali- zation that is greater than that found in nonathletes. Verf.-Referat