Aetiology of rib stress fractures in rowers

Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 819-836

  Warden, S J ^a,b   Gutschlag, F R ^b   Wajswelner, H ^a,b   Crossley, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE ATHLETE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LOADING TEST; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0036421559     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200232130-00002     Document Type: Review

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