Incidence and distribution of pediatric sport-related injuries

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 500-513

  Caine, Dennis ^a   Caine, Caroline ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Athletic injuries; Children; Epidemiology; Injury; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE INJURY; FOOT INJURY; FOOTBALL; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SKIING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS;

EID: 33845401614     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000251181.36582.a0     Document Type: Review

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