Aoi Ikedo is a graduate student in Faculty of Sport and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University, and her research manuscript was accepted and published in Nutrients, in which she collaborated with Professor Kumiko Ebi and Professor Satoshi Fujita in Faculty of Sport and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University. This study suggests that the bone mineral densities (BMDs) of different sites among endurance runners and sprinters in adolescent were strongly related to fat-free mass (FFM). Furthermore, the association of FFM with spine BMD cannot be explained solely by FFM alone. Hence, other factors, including nutrition and/or mechanical loading, may affect the spine BMD.

Aoi Ikedo, Aya Ishibashi, Saori Matsumiya, Aya Kaizaki, Kumiko Ebi, Satoshi Fujita. Comparison of Site-Specific Bone Mineral Densities between Endurance Runners and Sprinters in Adolescent Women. Nutrients. 2016 Nov 30;8(12). pii: E781.