Common injuries among Nigerian games players
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 15 (2) , 129-132
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.15.2.129
Abstract
The study investigated the common types and sites of injuries which were sustained by male soccer, basketball and field hockey players during a period of 8 weeks of intensive training and competition. In all, 170 soccer players, 127 basketball players and 212 hockey players drawn from various clubs in Nigeria formed the subjects of the study, a total of 509 patients.Keywords
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