Risk factors for overuse injuries in runners

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Wen, Dennis Y ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34948815208     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0067-y     Document Type: Review

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