Sports Nutrition
Direct estimates of energy requirements, such as indirect calorimetry, require the use of costly equipment and other methods of calculating energy requirements require knowledge of an athlete’s lean body mass…
Future Directions and Research Agenda
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Catherine M. Gordon and Meryl S. LeBoff (eds.)The Female Athlete Triad10.1007/978-1-4899-7525-6_11 11. Future Directions and Research Agenda Catherine M. Gordon1, 2 and Meryl S. LeBoff3, 4 (1) Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of…
Female Athlete Triad: Rehabilitation and Psychological Implications
6. Stop Sports Injuries. www.stopsportsinjuries.org. Last accessed 10 June 2014. 7. Gibbs JC, Williams NI, De Souza MJ. Prevalence of individual and combined components of the female athlete triad. Med…
Assessment of Bone Health in the Young Athlete
Fig. 5.1 DXA scan of the lumbar spine of a healthy 14-year-old girl. Areal BMD (aBMD) is calculated from BMC by dividing BMC by the projected area in the coronal…
Stress Fracture
X-ray MRI Treatment Grade 1 Normal Positive on STIR image only 3 weeks rest “Stress reaction” Grade 2 Normal Positive STIR plus positive T2 3–6 weeks rest “Stress injury”…
The Menstrual Cycle
Test Finding Beta human chorionic gonadotropin Pregnancy FSH ↓ in HPO suppression ↑ in primary ovarian insufficiency LH:FSH May see >2:1 in PCOS Estradiol ↓ in HPO suppression TSH Thyroid…
Eating Disorders
1. Age and female gender 2. Early childhood eating problems 3. Childhood obesity or overweight 4. Weight related teasing of the child/adolescent 5. Dieting 6. Perinatal adverse events (prematurity, small…
Definition and Epidemiology of the Female Athlete Triad
Study Sample Energy availability: measurement (EA) Energy availability: prevalence (%) Menstrual function: measure Menstrual function: prevalence (%) Bone mineral density: measurement (BMD Z-score) Bone mineral density: prevalence (%) Three-way prevalencea…
Imaging of Stress Fractures
Fig. 5.1 Early stress response on radiography. (a) Frontal radiograph of the forefoot shows focal osteopenia of the lateral cortex of the distal second metatarsal shaft (white arrow) and periostitis…
Stress Fractures of the Patella
Author Year Sex Age Unilateral or bilateral Fracture type Fracture location Sport Treatment Devas 1960 M 23 U Longitudinal Lateral facet Running Fragment excision Devas 1960 M 28 U Transverse…
