The relationship of gymnastics participation in childhood and adolescence to skeletal development and maintenance
Osteoporosis, through its association with age-related fracture, is a major public health concern worldwide. Although osteoporosis was once considered a disease of the elderly, it is now recognized as a condition that has childhood antecedents. The capacity of bone to adapt is the greatest before pu...
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University of Saskatchewan
2011
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-01042011-152116/ |