Long-term safety of using local anesthetic injections in professional rugby league

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2259-2266

  Orchard, John W ^a   Steet, Elizabeth ^b   Massey, Andrew ^c   Dan, Sommit ^d   Gardiner, Ben ^e   Ibrahim, Ameer ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b South Sydney Sports Medicine   (Australia)

^c Irish Football Association   (United Kingdom)

^d Australian Orthopaedic Association Joint Replacement Registry   (Australia)

^e Sydney Roosters RLFC   (Australia)

^f Sydney Sportsmed Specialists   (Australia)

Author keywords

acromioclavicular; injuries; local anesthetic; sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TIME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG TOXICITY; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449300910     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510372796     Document Type: Article

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