Squash racquets: A review of physiology and medicine

Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-138

  Locke, Simon ^a   Colquhoun, David ^b   Briner, Michael ^c   Ellis, Lindsay ^d   O'Brien, Michael ^c   Wollstein, Jeff ^e   Allen, Graham ^f  

^a Sunnybank Medical Clinic   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Queensland Academy of Sport ^*

^d QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^e Squash Australia   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COORDINATION; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; EYE INJURY; FITNESS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART STRESS; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031044282     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199723020-00005     Document Type: Review

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