The medical demands of the Special athlete

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-25

  Batts, Kenneth B ^a,b   Glorioso Jr , John E ^c   Williams, Mark S ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Able bodied athlete; Medical attention rate; Mentally handicapped; Olympic competition; Physically disabled athlete; Special athlete

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0031985462     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199801000-00006     Document Type: Article

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