Lifetime musculoskeletal symptoms and injuries among former elite male athletes

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 625-632

  Raty H P ^a,b,c,g   Kujala, U M ^b   Videman, T ^d   Impivaara, O ^e   Crites Battie M ^f   Sarna, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LIKES Research Center for Sports and Health Sciences   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hip pain; Injury; Knee pain; Low back pain; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOTBALL; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0030778318     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972693     Document Type: Article

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