Rugby Union on-field position and its relationship to shoulder injury leading to anterior reconstruction for instability

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-114

  Sundaram, Abayasankar ^a   Bokor, Desmond J ^a   Davidson, Andrew S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

At risk on field positions; Influence of side dominance; Rugby; Shoulder instability; Shoulder reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR SHOULDER RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952311887     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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