Effect of motor control training on muscle size and football games missed from injury

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1141-1149

  Hides, Julie A ^a,b   Stanton, Warren R ^a,b   Mendis, M Dilani ^a   Gildea, Jan ^c   Sexton, Margot J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian football league; low back rehabilitation; magnetic resonance imaging; therapeutic exercise; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861530239     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318244a321     Document Type: Article

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