Prevention of overuse injuries by a concurrent exercise program in subjects exposed to an increase in training load: A randomized controlled trial of 1020 army recruits

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 663-670

  Brushøj, Christoffer ^a,b   Larsen, Klaus ^c   Albrecht Beste, Elisabeth ^c   Nielsen, Michael Bachmann ^b   Løye, Finn ^d   Hölmich, Per ^b  

^a AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Royal Danish Life Guards   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Medial tibial stress syndrome; Overuse knee injuries; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TIBIAL STRESS SYNDROME; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; TRAINING;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 41149131289     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508315469     Document Type: Article

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