Why are older Australian football players at greater risk of hamstring injury?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-333

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^b   Finch, Caroline F ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Muscle strain; Risk factors; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; PREDICTION; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOOTBALL; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 33746220152     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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