A biomechanical perspective of predicting injury risk in running

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-108

  Hreljac, Alan ^a   Ferber, Reed ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic injuries; Gait; Prevention; Running; Training errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248664398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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