Effects of the new karate rules on the incidence and distribution of injuries

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-330

  Macan, J ^a   Bundalo Vrbanac, D ^b   Romic G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Karate Union   (Croatia)

^c Zagreb Sport Association   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; KARATE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SPORT; SPORTING EVENT; WORLD KARATE FEDERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645674416     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.022459     Document Type: Article

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