Factors associated with the development of stress fractures in women

Musculoskeletal Fatigue and Stress Fractures

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 35-54

  Bennell, Kim ^a   Grimston, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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