Stress fracture risk factors in female football players and their clinical implications

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Warden, Stuart J ^a   Creaby, Mark W ^b   Bryant, Adam L ^b   Crossley, Kay M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; RUNNING; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING;

FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34547680548     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.037804     Document Type: Review

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