Injury patterns in Swedish elite athletics: Annual incidence, injury types and risk factors

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 941-952

  Jacobsson, Jenny ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Kowalski, Jan ^a   Nilsson, Sverker ^a   Ekberg, Joakim ^a,b   Dahlström, Örjan ^a   Renström, Per A ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING INJURIES; SWEDEN; TIME; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; INJURIES; TIME FACTOR;

ATHLETICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY PREVENTION; SPORTING INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884281313     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091651     Document Type: Article

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