Sailing and sports medicine: A literature review. Commentary

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 587-593

  Allen, J B ^a   De Jong, M R ^b  

^a SailSportMed Inc   (United States)

^b Southern Illinois Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BACKACHE; BODY REGIONS; DEHYDRATION; DISABILITY; ERGONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; JOINT INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTION SICKNESS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEAR DROWNING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OVEREXERTION; REVIEW; ROWING; SAILOR; SPORTS MEDICINE; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; SPRAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SHIPS; SPORTS;

EID: 33745851513     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.001669     Document Type: Review

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