Risk factors for bone stress injuries: A follow-up study of 102,515 person-years

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1061-1066

  Mattila, Ville M ^a,b   Niva, Maria ^a   Kiuru, Martti ^a   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^b Finnish Defence Forces ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Epidemiology; Fatigue injuries; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE INJURY; BONE PAIN; BONE STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS INJURY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SACRUM; SEX RATIO; THIGH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34347349139     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0b013e318053721d     Document Type: Article

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