Effect of Interventions on Potential, Modifiable Risk Factors for Knee Injury in Team Ball Sports: A Systematic Review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1403-1426

  ter Stege, Marloes H P ^a   Dallinga, Joan M ^a   Benjaminse, Anne ^a,b   Lemmink, Koen A P M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLYOMETRICS; PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTOR;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84919330043     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0216-4     Document Type: Review

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