A review study on common injuries in field hockey players (original) (raw)
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Personal risk factors associated with injury among female recreational ice hockey players
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2000
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South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014
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A comparison of the epidemiology of ice hockey injuries between male and female youth in Canada
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Ice hockey injuries: incidence, nature and causes
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