Injury profile in elite female basketball athletes at the women's national basketball association combine

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 645-651

  McCarthy, Moira M ^a   Voos, James E ^a   Nguyen, Joseph T ^a   Callahan, Lisa ^a   Hannafin, Jo A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; ankle sprain; meniscus; WNBA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDINITIS; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SHOULDER JOINT; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDINOPATHY; UNITED STATES; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874910925     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512474223     Document Type: Article

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