The prevalence, incidence and severity of low back pain among international-level rowers

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 951-956

  Newlands, Craig ^a   Reid, Duncan ^b   Parmar, Priya ^b  

^a High Performance Sport NZ Rowing NZ High Performance Centre   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICINE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936890436     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093889     Document Type: Article

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