Muscle strains in soccer: A five-year survey of an Italian major league team

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-485

  Volpi, Piero ^a   Melegati, Gianluca ^a   Tornese, Davide ^a,b   Bandi, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Muscle strains; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ITALY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN; TENDON INJURY; TRAINING; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MUSCLE; SPORT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MUSCLES; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 16644400024     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0478-0     Document Type: Article

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