title: [Growth parameters of female athletes during periods of high training load].
abstract: Studies of children participating in elite sport training programmes revealed growth disorders. Longitudinal analyses of female gymnasts (whose bone age was distinctly below chronological age) over a period of two years do not suggest a general tendency to growth inhibition. However, the marked variation in the longitudinal data may indicate retardation in individual cases. An evaluation of the growth parameters is of practical importance for the medical care of children participating in intensive training programmes.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsinstitut für Körperkultur und Sport, Leipzig.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fröhner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training
vernacular_title: Wachstumsparameter von Sportlerinnen unter Bedingungen hoher Trainingsbelastungen.