A prospective epidemiological study of injuries to New Zealand premier club rugby union players

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Schneiders, Anthony G ^a   Takemura, Masahiro ^b   Wassinger, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Football; Injury surveillance; Prospective; Rugby

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GAME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUGBY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TIME; TRAINING; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650224027     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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