Spine, hip and forearm bone mineral indices of eumenorrheic, oligomenorrheic and amenorrheic athletes

• Main Author: Perry, Colleen Denise, 1962-
• Other Authors: Lohman, Timothy G.
• Language: en_US
• Published: The University of Arizona. 1988
• Subjects: Bone densitometry.; Minerals in the body.; Sports > Physiological aspects.; Women athletes.; Runners (Sports); Weight lifters.; Gymnasts.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276681; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/276681

This study describes bone mineral index (g/cm²) of the distal and mid forearm, spine and hip in gymnasts/weight trainers, and runners with varying menstrual status. 12 eumenorrheic gymnasts/weight trainers (EGW), 11 eumenorrheic runners (ERU), 8 oligomenorrheic gymnasts/weight trainers (OGW), 3 oligomenorrheic runners (ORU) 4 amenorrheic runners (ARU) and a eumenorrheic control group (EC) of 18 subjects were examined. Bone mineral index (BMI) was measured using single and dual photon absorptiometry. EGW had greater BMI than ARU and EC (spine, hip and distal and mid forearm) and ERU (femur and distal forearm). The ARU were not significantly lower in BMI than the ERU. The ARU were only significantly lower in BMI than the EC at the distal forearm. OGW were not significantly greater in BMI than ORU. The OGW had greater BMI than the ARU (spine, femur and distal forearm), ERU and EC (femur and distal forearm). These results show higher BMI in gymnasts/weight trainers, independent of menstrual status, than in runners and controls.