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Article: Ice Hockey Injuries in a Japanese elite team: a 3-year prospective study.(original research)(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Athletic Training
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
- Author:
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Ice hockey is one of the most popular sports in northern Europe and North America (1-3) and is inherently dangerous because of the fast and random nature of the game, physical contact among players, and collisions with sticks, pucks, boards, and goalposts. (l,4-6) Although previous authors. (1,3-6) have reported ice hockey injuries in European and North American countries, no such data have yet been reported regarding ice hockey injuries in Japan using a method of injury recording and daily supervision of the players during practices and games.
The Japanese Ice Hockey League is the second-oldest elite sports league in Japan. It was established in 1966 to prepare ...