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Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Injuries in the Handball Player

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Handball is one of the Olympic sports with the highest risk of injury, according to results from the IOC injury and illness surveillance system [1]. The game is characterized by a high playing tempo, rapid changes of movement, jumps with hard landings, frequent contact and collisions between players, as well as repetitive knee and shoulder joint stress [2, 3]. Although rules exist to make the sport safe and fair, players are vulnerable for both acute and overuse injuries [4].

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Ann Cools P.T., Ph.D.

  2. Sports Medicine Department, Aspetar, Doha, Qatar

    Rod Whiteley P.T., Ph.D.

  3. Upper Extremity Unit, Rehasport Clinic, Poznań, Poland

    Piotr Krzysztof Kaczmarek P.T., M.T., Ph.D., N.C.S.C.

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Cools, A., Whiteley, R., Kaczmarek, P.K. (2018). Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Injuries in the Handball Player. In: Laver, L., Landreau, P., Seil, R., Popovic, N. (eds) Handball Sports Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55892-8_31

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