Elite male Flat jockeys display lower bone density and lower resting metabolic rate than their female counterparts: implications for athlete welfare

Wilson, G, Hill, J, Sale, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5816-4169, Morton, JP and Close, GL, 2015. Elite male Flat jockeys display lower bone density and lower resting metabolic rate than their female counterparts: implications for athlete welfare. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 40 (12), pp. 1318-1320. ISSN 1715-5312

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Abstract

To test the hypothesis that daily weight-making is more problematic to health in male compared with female jockeys, we compared the bone-density and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in weight-matched male and female Flat-jockeys. RMR (kcal.kg-1 lean mass) was lower in males compared with females as well as lower bone-density Z-scores at the hip and lumbar spine. Data suggest the lifestyle of male jockeys’ compromise health more severely than females, possibly due to making-weight more frequently.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
Creators:	Wilson, G., Hill, J., Sale, C., Morton, J.P. and Close, G.L.
Publisher:	NRC Research Press
Date:	2015
Volume:	40
Number:	12
ISSN:	1715-5312
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1139/apnm-2015-0354 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	25 Nov 2015 15:51
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:57
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26496

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