Risk of knee and ankle sprains under various weather conditions in American football

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1118-1123

  Orchard, John W ^a   Powell, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle injuries; Artificial turf; Knee injuries; Shoe surface traction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; GRASS; HUMAN; INJURY RISK; KNEE INJURY; KNEE SPRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOE; SPORT INJURY; WEATHER;

EID: 0038016762     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000074563.61975.9B     Document Type: Article

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