Life after the game - Injury profile of past elite Australian Football players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 302-306

  King, Tyler ^a   Rosenberg, Michael ^a   Braham, Rebecca ^a   Ferguson, Renee ^a   Dawson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian football; Concussion; Health and well being; Injuries; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CONCUSSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOOTBALL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; LIFESTYLE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84878962415     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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