# Sports injury and illness incidence in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games: A prospective study of 11274 athletes from 207 countries

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/sports-injury-and-illness-incidence-in-the-rio-de-janeiro-2016-olympic-summer/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Torbjørn Soligard,Kathrin Steffen,Debbie Palmer,Juan Manuel Alonso,Roald Bahr,Alexandre Días Lópes,Jiří Dvořák,Marie‐Elaine Grant,Willem Meeuwisse,Margo Mountjoy,Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa,Natalia Salmina,Richard Budgett,Lars Engebretsen |
| Citations | 430 |
| DOI | 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097956 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | bronze |
| OA URL | https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/51/17/1265.full.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2740069615 |
| PMID | 28756389 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2017 |

## Paper authors

- [Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa](https://scholariq.org/researchers/leonardo-oliveira-pena-costa/)
- [Roald Bahr](https://scholariq.org/researchers/roald-bahr/)
- [Margo Mountjoy](https://scholariq.org/researchers/margo-mountjoy/)

## Paper journal

- [British Journal of Sports Medicine](https://scholariq.org/journals/british-journal-of-sports-medicine/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Sports injuries and prevention](https://scholariq.org/topics/sports-injuries-and-prevention/)

## Paper topics

- [Sports injuries and prevention](https://scholariq.org/topics/sports-injuries-and-prevention/)
- [Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiovascular-effects-of-exercise/)
- [Exercise and Physiological Responses](https://scholariq.org/topics/exercise-and-physiological-responses/)

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