Seasonal variations of injury and overtraining in elite athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-21

  Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a   Sharp, N C Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic sports; Gender effects; Overtraining; Sport injuries; Training and competition cycles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OVEREXERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 0031964672     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199801000-00005     Document Type: Article

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