Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in the tennis player

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 492-498

  Abrams, Geoffrey D ^a   Renstrom, Per A ^b   Safran, Marc R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; STRESS FRACTURE; TENNIS; TENNIS ELBOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HAND STRENGTH; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENNIS; TENNIS ELBOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861870733     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091164     Document Type: Review

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