Female Distance Runners Training In Southeastern United States Have Adequate Vitamin D Status.

Background: High rates of vitamin D deficiency have been reported in athletes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between vitamin D with bone health and parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations in female runners who trained at 30.4° degrees north.

Effects of a 12-Month Pedometer-Based Walking Intervention in Women of Low Socioeconomic Status.

This study examined the effects of a 12-month walking intervention in overweight/obese, low socioeconomic women. Forty-six women (48.2 ± 8.

Dementia and Caregiver Stress: An Application of the Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory.

The Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory (RUIT) was used to investigate antecedents to, appraisals of, and ways of coping with stressful caregiving. Four focus groups with caregivers (8 males and 16 females) of relatives with dementia were conducted; 15 cared for their parents and the remainder cared for their spouses. They were recruited from an adult care center and other community settings in a metropolitan area in New England.

Dietary and training predictors of stress fractures in female runners.

Purpose: To compare female runners with and without a history of stress fractures to determine possible predictors of such fractures.

Methods: 27 female runners (age 18-40 yr) who had had at least 1 stress fracture were matched to a control sample of 32 female runners without a history of stress fractures. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (iDXA).