External knee support in rugby union: Effectiveness of bracing and taping

Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Gerrard, David F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BRACE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; ORTHOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REHABILITATION; RUGBY; SHORT SURVEY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BANDAGES; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES;

EID: 0031747597     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199825050-00002     Document Type: Short Survey

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