Football Injuries during FIFA Tournaments and the Olympic Games, 1998-2001: Development and Implementation of an Injury-Reporting System

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 80-89

  Junge, Astrid ^a,b   Dvorak, Jiri ^a,b   Graf Baumann, Toni ^a,c   Peterson, Lars ^a,d  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c Off for Mgmt in Medical Research   (Germany)

^d Gothenburg Medical Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Football; Incidence rate; Injury; Injury reporting system; Tournament

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0942276473     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261245     Document Type: Article

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