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Long-term leisure-time physical activity has a positive effect on bone mass gain in girls

  1. Eszter Völgyi1,
  2. Arja Lyytikäinen1,
  3. Frances A Tylavsky2,
  4. Patrick HF Nicholson1,
  5. Harri Suominen1,
  6. Markku Alén1,3,
  7. Sulin Cheng1,4,*

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.091115

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 5, pages 1034–1041, May 2010

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Völgyi, E., Lyytikäinen, A., Tylavsky, F. A., Nicholson, P. H., Suominen, H., Alén, M. and Cheng, S. (2010), Long-term leisure-time physical activity has a positive effect on bone mass gain in girls. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 1034–1041. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.091115

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  1. 1

    Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  2. 2

    Health Science Center, Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Oulu University Hospital and Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  4. 4

    Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

*Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 APR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 27 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 20 NOV 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 23 OCT 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 25 JUN 2009

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