Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 40-46 , May 2010

Acrobatic gymnastics injury: Occurrence, site and training risk factors

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 8 January 2010 ,Accepted 13 January 2010.

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