Are physiological attributes of jockeys predictors of falls? a pilot study

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hitchens, P ^a   Blizzard, L ^a   Jones, G ^a   Day, L ^b   Fell, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PILOT STUDY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84901691655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000142     Document Type: Article

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