Common Injuries in Athletes with Obesity and Diabetes

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-453

  Wilder, Robert P ^a   Cicchetti, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disability; Exercise; Musculoskeletal injuries; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BONE INJURY; CARTILAGE INJURY; CHILD CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOT DISEASE; FRACTURE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249121068     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2009.02.007     Document Type: Review

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