Effect of bodychecking on rate of injuries among minor hockey players

Open Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Cusimano, Michael D ^a   Taback, Nathan A ^b   McFaull, Steven R ^c   Hodgins, Ryan ^d   Bekele, Tsegaye M ^e   Elfeki, Nada ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Ontario HIV Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956115324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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