Golf and upper limb injuries: A summary and review of the literature

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages

  McHardy, Andrew J ^a   Pollard, Henry P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elbow; Golf; Injury; Review; Shoulder; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; BODY MOVEMENT; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SHOULDER INJURY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPORT INJURY; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 33751572286     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-13-7     Document Type: Review

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