Low back pain status in elite and semi-elite Australian football codes: A cross-sectional survey of football (soccer), Australian rules, rugby league, rugby union and non-athletic controls

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hoskins, Wayne ^a   Pollard, Henry ^a   Daff, Chris ^a   Odell, Andrew ^b   Garbutt, Peter ^c   McHardy, Andrew ^a   Hardy, Kate ^a   Dragasevic, George ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Norwest Orthopaedic and Sports Physiotherapy   (Australia)

^c Enhance Chiropractic and Massage Sports Injury Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449177598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-38     Document Type: Article

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