The effect of lace-up ankle braces on injury rates in high school basketball players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1840-1848

  McGuine, Timothy A ^a   Brooks, Alison ^a   Hetzel, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle brace; ankle injury; basketball; knee injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETES; BASKETBALL; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 80052543310     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511406242     Document Type: Article

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