Sports-medical assessment for athletes with a disability

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 116-119

  Jacob, Tamar ^a   Hutzler, Yeshayahu ^a  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disabled athletes; Medical assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AWARENESS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISABILITY; FASCICULATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; TRAINING;

EID: 0031881504     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289809166070     Document Type: Article

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