Sports injuries: incidence, causes, prevention

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 135-151

  Watson, A W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

FLEXIBILITY; FOOTWEAR; INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMMES; MUSCLE BALANCE; ORTHOSES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSIQUE; PLAYING SURFACES; POSTURE; WARM UP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000845588     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1997.2.3.135     Document Type: Article

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