Incidence of injury in gaelic football: A 4-year prospective study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2113-2120

  Murphy, John C ^a   O'Malley, Edwenia ^b   Gissane, Conor ^c   Blake, Catherine ^a  

^a GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; football; GAA; injury; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; IRELAND; MALE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866051057     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512455315     Document Type: Article

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