Illness during the 2010 Super 14 Rugby Union tournament - A prospective study involving 22 676 player days

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 499-504

  Schwellnus, Martin ^a,b   Derman, Wayne ^a,b   Page, Tony ^c   Lambert, Michael ^a   Readhead, Clint ^d   Roberts, Craig ^d,e   Kohler, Ryan ^f   Jordaan, Esme ^g   Collins, Robert ^h,i   Kara, Stephen ^j   Morris, Ian ^k   Strauss, Org ^l   Webb, Sandra ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b International Olympic Committee   (South Africa)

^c OLYMPIC PARK SPORTS MEDICINE CENTRE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h Golden Lions Rugby Union   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^j Blues Super Rugby Franchise   (New Zealand)

^k Sports Medicine Department   (South Africa)

^l Sports Medicine Department   (South Africa)

^m Team Physician   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84861841941     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091046     Document Type: Article

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