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Injuries and physical stress
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2011
Summary
After classifying injuries, and giving examples of the ways in which they can arise, treatment, rehabilitation and the value of exercise are considered. Having given a review of the effects of increasing leisure time and sports participation, the value of legislation, education, protective clothing and close supervision in preventing the occurrence of injuries in sport are discussed.
- Type
- IV. Hazards of sport
- Information
- Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , supplement S7: Biosocial Aspects of Sport , 1981 , pp. 151 - 157
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981
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