Do team gymnasts compete in spite of symptoms from an injury?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-401

  Harringe, M L ^a   Lindblad, S ^a   Werner, S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 3843097347     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.001990     Document Type: Article

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