Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 85-90 , August 2009

A prospective epidemiological study of injuries to New Zealand premier club rugby union players

  • Anthony G. Schneiders

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, 325 Great King Street, Dunedin, Otago 9001, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +64 3 479 5426; fax: +64 3 479 8414.
    • ,
  • Masahiro Takemura

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Human Comprehensive Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
    • ,
  • Craig A. Wassinger

      Affiliations

    • School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, 325 Great King Street, Dunedin, Otago 9001, New Zealand

Received 15 February 2009 ,Revised 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 11 May 2009.

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Physical Therapy in Sport
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