The incidence and nature of injuries in South African rugby players in the rugby Super 12 competition

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 12 I, 2006, Pages 1260-1265

  Holtzhausen, Louis J ^a   Schwellnus, Martin P ^a   Jakoet, Ismael ^b   Pretorius, A L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATIGUE; HEAD INJURY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PELVIS INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846066207     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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