Overuse injuries in professional road cyclists

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2494-2501

  Clarsen, Benjamin ^a   Krosshaug, Tron ^a   Bahr, Roald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

bicycling; cycling; epidemiology; overuse injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TIME;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650382481     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510376816     Document Type: Article

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