Injuries among female football players - With special emphasis on regional differences

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 66-74

  Jacobson, Inger ^a   Tegner, Yelverton ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Injury incidence; Soccer; Sport injuries; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745095037     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190600621706     Document Type: Article

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