Risk factors for medical withdrawals in United States Tennis Association junior national tennis tournaments: A descriptive epidemiologic study

Sports Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-235

  Jayanthi, Neeru A ^a   O'Boyle, Jeff ^b   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Score Tennis and Fitness Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury rates; Junior players; Risk factors; Tennis; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956894349     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738109334274     Document Type: Article

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