Physical collisions and injury during professional rugby league skills training

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-583

  Gabbett, Tim ^a,b   Jenkins, David ^b   Abernethy, Bruce ^b,c  

^a Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Club   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Contact sport; Injury incidence; Microtechnology; Rugby league; Skill; Team sport

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RUGBY; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; THORAX INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 77958501121     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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