Sports and trauma in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revisited

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Armon, Carmel ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Association; Evidence based methods; Italian soccer players; Motor neuron disease; Physical activity; Proportional mortality rates; Risk factor; Sports; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDITY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548588613     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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