Effect of preseason conditioning on the incidence and severity of high school football knee injuries

1 July 1978

journal article
other
Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Vol. 6 (4) , 180-184
https://doi.org/10.1177/036354657800600406

Abstract

An 8-year study comparing two groups of high school varsity football players has shown that the number of knee injuries, and the severity of knee injuries that do occur may be significantly reduced by total body preseason conditioning.

Keywords

FOOTBALL
HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYERS
KNEE INJURIES
VARSITY
PRESEASON CONDITIONING

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Athletic Injuries
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1971
Injury Reporting and Recording
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1970
Air Force Football Injuries
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1968