Can we Prevent Ankle Sprains?

Evidence-based Sports Medicine, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 519-537

  Bahr, Roald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ankle sprain prevention; Balance training program; Injury history; Noncontact injuries; Sports injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447341122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988732.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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