Causes of dropouts in decathlon. A pilot study

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 133-135

  Edouard, Pascal ^a,b,c   Pruvost, Jacques ^c   Edouard, Jean Louis ^d   Morin, Jean Benoît ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c Medical Commission of the French Federation of Athletics (FFA)   (France)

^d Centre Camille Jullian   (France)

Author keywords

Combined events; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal injury; Sports injury prevention; Track and field

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECATHLON; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FRANCE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 78049464143     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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