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

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-57

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle braces; ankle injury; football; knee injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84855438426     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511422332     Document Type: Article

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