• Bone mass of female dance students prior to professional dance training: A cross-sectional study 

      Amorim T., Metsios G.S., Wyon M., Nevill A.M., Flouris A.D., Maia J., Teixeira E., Machado J.C., Marques F., Koutedakis Y. (2017)
      Background Professional dancers are at risk of developing low bone mineral density (BMD). However, whether low BMD phenotypes already exist in pre-vocational dance students is relatively unknown. Aim To cross-sectionally ...
    • Bone mineral density in vocational and professional ballet dancers 

      Amorim T., Koutedakis Y., Nevill A., Wyon M., Maia J., Machado J.C., Marques F., Metsios G.S., Flouris A.D., Adubeiro N., Nogueira L., Dimitriou L. (2017)
      Summary: According to existing literature, bone health in ballet dancers is controversial. We have verified that, compared to controls, young female and male vocational ballet dancers have lower bone mineral density (BMD) ...
    • Endocrine parameters in association with bone mineral accrual in young female vocational ballet dancers 

      Amorim T., Metsios G.S., Flouris A.D., Nevill A., Gomes T.N., Wyon M., Marques F., Nogueira L., Adubeiro N., Jamurtas A.Z., Maia J., Koutedakis Y. (2019)
      Summary: Less is known on bone mass gains in dancers involved in vocational dance training. The present study found that, as young vocational dancers progress on their professional training, their bone health remains ...