Injuries in professional football: Current concepts

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 381-390

  Olson, David ^a   Sikka, Robby S ^b   Labounty, Abby ^a   Christensen, Trent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TRIA Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAFFEINE; CREATINE; GLUCOSAMINE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLADDER INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCUSSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FOOT INJURY; FOOTBALL; GAME; HAMSTRING; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STROKE; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INJURY; JOINT INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; OSTEITIS; PELVIS INJURY; POSITION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCREENING; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TENDON INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892716037     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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