Do mismatches between teams affect the risk of injury in the Rugby World Cup?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-38

  Fuller, Colin W ^a   Caswell, Stephen E ^a   Zimbwa, Tatenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; Epidemiology; Match outcome; Points differential; Sports injury; Tackle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; TEAM SPORT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72149118479     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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