High prevalence of overuse injury among iron-distance triathletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 857-861

  Andersen, Christian A ^a   Clarsen, Ben ^a   Johansen, Tone V ^a   Engebretsen, Lars ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORTING INJURIES; STATISTICS; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPORTING INJURIES; TRIATHLON;

EID: 84881558275     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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