Issues in estimating risks and rates in sports injury research

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Knowles, Sarah B ^a,b   Marshall, Stephen W ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Apartment 8 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Injury epidemiology; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 33744470105     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: 10626050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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