Physical Education A-Level
Chronic injuries
What Chronic injuries means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Chronic injuries
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Reference: AQA
Injuries that develop gradually through repeated loading without adequate recovery, so symptoms build over weeks and worsen with continued activity.
Topics that use Chronic injuries
- Injury prevention and the rehabilitation of injury (AQA A-Level)
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