Safety profile of amateur kickboxing among military and civilian competitors

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-447

  Buse, George J ^a   Wood, Robert M ^b  

^a Cannon Air Force Base   (United States)

^b USAF Medical Center Keesler   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN INJURY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTACT SPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SOLDIER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33646551754     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.5.443     Document Type: Article

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