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the golf swing of sub 10 handicap players. Journal of Sports Sciences 1998;16:165-176 n Grimshaw P, Giles A, Tong R, et al. Lower back and elbow injuries in golf. Sports Medicine 2002;32;655-660 n Lindsay DM, Horton JF, Vandervoort AA. A review of injury characteristics, aging factors and prevention programmes for the older golfer. Sports Medicine 2000;30:89-103. n Batt ME. A survey of golf injuries in amateur golfers. British Journal of Sports Medicine 1992;26:63-65.

THE AUTHOR TH

Eoghan Murray is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist working for Pure Sports Medicine (London). He undertook his physiotherapy degree (BSc Hons) at the University of Liverpool

orking for Pure Sports Medicine (London). y degree (BSc

(2002) and has recently completed his MSc (Sports and Exercise Medicine) at Barts and The London (2007). His original research paper for his MSc dealt with the relationship between hip rotation deficits and low back pain in amateur golfers.

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