Anthropometric risk factors for patellar tendon injury among volleyball players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Malliaras, P ^a,b   Cook, J L ^a   Kent, P M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; RISK FACTOR; TENDON INJURY; VOLLEYBALL; WAIST HIP RATIO; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; TENDON INJURIES; VICTORIA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34250632738     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030049     Document Type: Article

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