Groin and abdominal strain injuries in the National Hockey League

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Emery, Carolyn A ^a   Meeuwisse, Willem H ^a   Powell, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Med Sports Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, wounds and injuries; Groin, wounds and injuries; Hockey, epidemiology; Hockey, risk factors; Hockey, wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; GROIN; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 0033159810     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199907000-00006     Document Type: Article

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