Prevalent Morphometric Vertebral Fractures in Professional Male Rugby Players
There is an ongoing concern about the risk of injury to the spine in professional rugby players. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of vertebral fracture using vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) imaging in professional male rugby pla...
Main Authors: | Hind, Karen, Birrell, Fraser, Beck, Belinda |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4028209/ |
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