Relationship between interchange usage and risk of hamstring injuries in the Australian Football League

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-206

  Orchard, John W ^a   Driscoll, Tim ^a   Seward, Hugh ^b   Orchard, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AFL Medical Officers Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Football; Hamstring injury; Interchange; Speed

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FOOTBALL; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; TENDON INJURY; VELOCITY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK; RUNNING; THIGH;

EID: 84860886241     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.11.250     Document Type: Article

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