Risk factors for stress fracture among young female cross-country runners
Authors
Kelsey, Jennifer L.Bachrach, Laura K.
Procter-Gray, Elizabeth
Nieves, Jeri W.
Greendale, Gail A.
Sowers, Mary Fran R.
Brown, Byron W.
Matheson, Kim A.
Crawford, Sybil L.
Cobb, Kristin L.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2007-09-01Keywords
AdolescentAdult
Age Factors
Bone Density
Calcium, Dietary
Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
Female
Fractures, Stress
Humans
Physical Endurance
Proportional Hazards Models
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Running
United States
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Women's Studies
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PURPOSE: To identify risk factors for stress fracture among young female distance runners. METHODS: Participants were 127 competitive female distance runners, aged 18-26, who provided at least some follow-up data in a randomized trial among 150 runners of the effects of oral contraceptives on bone health. After completing a baseline questionnaire and undergoing bone densitometry, they were followed an average of 1.85 yr. RESULTS: Eighteen participants had at least one stress fracture during follow-up. Baseline characteristics associated (PCONCLUSION: The results of this and other studies indicate that risk factors for stress fracture among young female runners include previous stress fractures, lower bone mass, and, although not statistically significant in this study, menstrual irregularity. More study is needed of the associations between stress fracture and age, calcium intake, and age at menarche. Given the importance of stress fractures to runners, identifying preventive measures is of high priority.Source
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Sep;39(9):1457-63. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1249/mss.0b013e318074e54bPermanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50944PubMed ID
17805074Related Resources
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10.1249/mss.0b013e318074e54b