Benefits of sports chiropractic manual therapy for football players .
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The effect of a sports chiropractic manual therapy intervention on the prevention of back pain, hamstring and lower limb injuries in semi-elite Australian Rules footballers: a randomized controlled trial.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Apr 8;11:64.60 young male semi-elite male Australian Rules football players were randomized to receive a chiropractic manual therapy intervention or to the current best practice medical and sports science management during the football season. At the end of season, it was observed that the sports chiropractic manual therapy, in addition to the current best practice management, was effective in prevention of primary lower limb muscle strain injuries,but not hamstrings injuries or primary non-contact knee injuries.
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