Prevalence of Back Pain in Sports: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1183-1207

  Trompeter, Katharina ^a   Fett, Daniela ^a   Platen, Petra ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPORT; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PREVALENCE; SKIING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PREVALENCE; SKIING; SPORTS; WATER SPORTS;

EID: 85007453602     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0645-3     Document Type: Review

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