Playing field issues in sports medicine

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Wright, Justin M ^a   Webner, David ^a  

^a Crozer Keystone Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RUBBER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ZINC;

ABRASION; ANKLE INJURY; ATHLETE; CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE INJURY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUSCLE STRAIN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SHOE; SKIN ABSCESS; SPORTS MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POACEAE; SHOES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77954348258     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181df1179     Document Type: Review

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