Upper limb injury in rugby union football: Results of a cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 374-379

  Usman, Juliana ^a,b   McIntosh, Andrew Stuart ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONVALESCENCE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875495375     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091224     Document Type: Article

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