One-year follow-up study on golf injuries in Australian amateur golfers

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1354-1360

  McHardy, Andrew ^a,b   Pollard, Henry ^a   Luo, Kehui ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Golf; Injury; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447526780     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507300188     Document Type: Article

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