An epidemiologic comparison of high school and college wrestling injuries

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-64

  Yard, Ellen E ^a   Collins, Christy L ^a   Dick, Randall W ^b   Comstock, R Dawn ^a,c  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High school; Injury; National Collegiate Athletic Association; Skin infection; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCUSSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; HAND FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; LACERATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SKIN INFECTION; SPORT INJURY; WRESTLING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WRESTLING;

EID: 38349139546     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507307507     Document Type: Article

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