Ballet injuries: Injury incidence and severity over 1 year

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 781-790

  Allen, Nick ^a,b,c   Nevill, Alan ^b   Brooks, John ^d   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^b,e,f   Wyon, Matthew ^a,b,c  

^a Birmingham Royal Ballet   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science   (United Kingdom)

^d RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^f INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dance; Overuse; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866425215     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2012.3893     Document Type: Article

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