Physical collisions and injury in professional rugby league match-play

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-215

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a,b   Jenkins, David G ^b   Abernethy, Bruce ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Contact sport; Injury rate; Physical demands; Team sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; CONTACT SPORT; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 79955097779     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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