Epidemiological study of injuries in men's international under-20 rugby union tournaments

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-358

  Fuller, Colin W ^a,b   Molloy, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b World Rugby House   (Ireland)

Author keywords

incidence of injury; injury causation; nature of injury; risk of injury; rugby

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCUSSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960219620     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31821f5085     Document Type: Article

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