Interventions to prevent softball related injuries: A review of the literature

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 277-281

  Pollack, K M ^a   Canham Chervak, M ^b   Gazal Carvalho, C ^a   Jones, B H ^b   Baker, S P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASEBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 26944465717     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.007195     Document Type: Review

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