Incidence and player risk factors for injury in youth football

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-222

  Malina, Robert M ^a,f   Morano, Peter J ^b   Barron, Mary ^c   Miller, Susan J ^c   Cumming, Sean P ^d   Kontos, Anthony P ^e  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^f Box 140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Injury epidemiology; Maturity status; Young athletes; Youth sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC TRAINER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745236099     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200605000-00005     Document Type: Article

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