Injury risk assessment and the incidence of musculo-skeletal injuries in recreational long-distance runners over a 3-month training period

Background: Long distance road running is continually growing as competitive and recreational sport, globally. Despite its popularity, a high burden of incidence of injury exists among runners. Previous research has focussed on specific injuries, whereas others have investigated isolated risk factor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Tanya
Other Authors: Kroff, Jacolene
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27235