Results of 2 decades of injury surveillance and public release of data in the Australian Football League

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 734-741

  Orchard, John W ^a   Seward, Hugh ^b   Orchard, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Football League Medical Officers Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

football; injury epidemiology; injury surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875848938     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513476270     Document Type: Article

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