Sports Career-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Long-Term Health Effects on Former Athletes

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 869-875

  Kujala, Urho M ^a,d   Orava, Sakari ^b   Parkkari, Jari ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^c Tampere Res Ctr of Sports Medicine   (Finland)

^d U for Sports and Exercise Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BACKACHE; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT DEGENERATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141958990     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333120-00001     Document Type: Review

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