Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in Swedish elite track and field athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Jacobsson, Jenny ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Kowalski, Jan ^a   Nilsson, Sverker ^a   Ekberg, Joakim ^a   Renström, Per ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epidemiological methods; injury prevalence; overuse injuries; track and field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 84855464058     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511425467     Document Type: Article

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