Abstract
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of both recreational and professional sporting endeavors as most societies are well aware of the health benefits of exercise. This interest has spawned multiple industries for the production of sporting goods, entertainment, and an entire medical specialty devoted to specific injury resulting from sport. Intrinsic to the system which deals with these injuries is an awareness of the risk and cost involved in time lost due to injury. The epidemiology of these injuries has therefore become critical as strategies are implemented to minimize these risks.
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Van der Wall, H., Frater, C., Burton, L. (2023). Epidemiology of Sporting Injuries. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_129
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