Injury Prevention in Sports

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-64

  Schiff, Melissa A ^a,b   O'halloran, Rebekah ^a   Caine, Dennis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

injury; injury prevention; intrinsic extrinsic factors; randomized controlled trials; sports; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990373725     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827609348446     Document Type: Review

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