Risk for injury when playing in a national football team

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-38

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a,b   Waldén, Markus ^a   Hägglund, Martin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sports Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Epidemiology; Prospective study; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FOOTBALL; FRIEND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PLAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TEAMWORK; TIME; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SOCCER; SWEDEN;

EID: 2442624810     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2003.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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