Nature of tackles that result in injury in professional rugby league

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-104

  King, Doug ^a,b   Hume, Patria A ^b   Clark, Trevor ^c  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collision; injury; rugby league; tackles; video analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOOTBALL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY HEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84859466364     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2012.660824     Document Type: Article

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