Sports injuries in athletes with disabilities: Wheelchair racing

Paraplegia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 296-299

  Taylor, D ^a   Williams, T ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Overuse; Sports injuries; Wheelchair racing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0029036206     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1995.67     Document Type: Article

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