Women's Health Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 165-170, 1 July 2006

Bone disease in female athletes

Connie Lebrun MD CCFP MPE Dip Sports Med is Director of Primary Care Sport Medicine at the Fowler-Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. She is associated with the departments of Family Medicine, Surgery (Orthopedics) and Kinesiology at the University. She received her medical degree from McGill University in 1981 and completed a clinical fellowship in Sport Medicine from the University of British Columbia as well as a Masters in Exercise Physiology. Her research is centred on the female athlete, dealing with issues and concerns for the recreational to elite female athlete. She was a team physician for the Canadian Olympic Team in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and for the Winter Olympics in Torino.

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PII: S1744-1870(06)70194-9

doi:10.1383/wohm.2006.3.4.165

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 165-170, 1 July 2006