Preventing lower limb injuries in soccer players

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-13

  Gioftsidou, Asimenia F ^a   Malliou, Paraskevi K ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balance boards; Balance exercises; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644675323     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200602000-00001     Document Type: Article

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