Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 578-583 , November 2010

Physical collisions and injury during professional rugby league skills training

  • Tim Gabbett

      Affiliations

    • Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club, Queensland, Australia
    • The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • David Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Bruce Abernethy

      Affiliations

    • The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, Queensland, Australia
    • The University of Hong Kong, Institute of Human Performance, Hong Kong, China

Received 27 November 2009 ,Revised 2 March 2010 ,Accepted 9 March 2010.

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PII: S1440-2440(10)00079-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.03.007

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 578-583 , November 2010

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