Impact of the International Rugby Board's experimental law variations on the incidence and nature of match injuries in southern hemisphere professional rugby union

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-237

  Fuller, Colin W ^a   Raftery, Martin ^b   Readhead, Clint ^c   Targett, Stephen G R ^d   Molloy, Michael G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Rugby Union Limited   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION   (South Africa)

^d Research and Injury Prevention   (New Zealand)

^e World Rugby House   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; JOINT INJURY; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING EVENT; TENDON INJURY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149118879     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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