Survey of injuries in seattle area levels 4 to 10 female club gymnasts

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 486-492

  O'Kane, John W ^a   Levy, Marni R ^b   Pietila, Kristin E ^a   Caine, Dennis J ^c   Schiff, Melissa A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Gymnastics; Injury; Risk factors; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; GYMNASTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; WASHINGTON; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 82955167949     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31822e89a8     Document Type: Article

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