Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-201

  Fuller, C W ^a   Ekstrand, J ^b   Junge, A ^c   Andersen, T E ^d   Bahr, R ^d   Dvorak, J ^c   Hagglund M ^b   McCrory, P ^e   Meeuwisse, W H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^d Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCCER;

EID: 33644891315     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.025270     Document Type: Review

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