Baseball injuries

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 49, Issue , 2005, Pages 9-30

  Lyman, Stephen ^a   Fleisig, Glenn S ^a  

^a AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33644636468     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000085340     Document Type: Review

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