Identifying risk factors for contact injury in professional rugby league players - Application of a frailty model for recurrent injury

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 496-504

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a,b   Ullah, Shahid ^c   Finch, Caroline F ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision sport; Frailty model; Injury prevention; Physical attributes; Recurrent injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT INJURY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868002864     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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