Shoulder injuries in professional rugby: a retrospective analysis
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
- Vol. 8 (1) , 9
Abstract
In the literature, little is known about the level and pattern of rugby injuries. Of the shoulder injuries reported, 51% of these are caused during a tackle, and 65% of all match injuries affected the shoulder.Keywords
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