It is time for consensus on return to play after injury: Five key questions

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 506-508

  Ardern, Clare L ^a,b   Bizzini, Mario ^c   Bahr, Roald ^a,d  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84963984239     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095475     Document Type: Editorial

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