Low back pain in adolescent female rowers: A multi-dimensional intervention study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-29

  Perich, Debra ^a,d   Burnett, Angus ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter ^b   Perkin, Chris ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Body Logic Physiotherapy   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Low back pain; Rowing; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650797283     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1173-6     Document Type: Article

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