Incidence of injuries to the lower limbs joints in kung fu athletes

Archives of Budo

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Sousa, Paula ^a   Marquezi, Marcelo ^a   Uliani, Rafael ^b   Duarte, Lucas ^b  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Incidence of injuries; Kung fu; Lower limbs joints

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650466244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16438698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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