Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries among Greek army officer cadets undergoing basic combat training

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1111-1116

  Havenetidis, Konstantinos ^a   Paxinos, Thrasivoulos ^a  

^a Hellenic Army Academy   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053554561     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00448     Document Type: Article

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