Injuries in professional rugby union

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 280-285

  Targett, Stephen G R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Capital Sports Medicine   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Professional; Prospective; Rugby union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; TENDON INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 0032436346     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199810000-00005     Document Type: Article

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