Injuries in amateur rugby league matches in New Zealand: A comparison between a division 1 and a division 2 premier grade team

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-281

  King, Doug A ^a   Gissane, Conor ^b  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amateur; Injury incidence; New Zealand; Rugby league

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCUSSION; CONTUSION; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449096239     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181a7c6b0     Document Type: Article

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