Common Injuries in Runners: Diagnosis, Rehabilitation and Prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-72

  Fredericson, Michael ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEEDING DISORDER; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INJURY; LEG INJURY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE FUNCTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK; RUNNING; SHOE; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030024576     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621010-00005     Document Type: Article

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