Sports, Exercise, and Other Causes of Injuries: Results of a Population Survey.

Uitenbroek, Daan G.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Sports, Exercise, and Other Causes of Injuries: Results of a Population Survey.

Uitenbroek, Daan G.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v67 n4 p380-85 Dec 1996

Telephone interviews with individuals representing various age and sex groups in Scotland examined how sport and exercise injury rates compared with injury rates for other activities. Results indicated that 46% of male and 14% of female injuries were sport or exercise related. Such injuries decreased with increasing age. (SM)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Athletics, Exercise, Foreign Countries, Human Body, Injuries, Life Style, Physical Activities, Sex Differences, Sports Medicine, Telephone Surveys

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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