Pre-competition habits and injuries in Taekwondo athletes

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kazemi, Mohsen ^a   Shearer, Heather ^a   Young, Su Choung ^b  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIET; FEMALE; HABIT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; CANADA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 23244459864     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-26     Document Type: Review

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