Injuries to elite gymnasts over 10 yr

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 1322-1329

  Dixon, Michael ^a   Fricker, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian institute of sport; Gymnastics; Injuries; Spondylolysis; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL STRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027373242     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199312000-00002     Document Type: Article

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