Risk factors for injuries in elite female soccer players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 785-790

  Faude, O ^a   Junge, A ^b   Kindermann, W ^a   Dvorak, J ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG INJURY; LIGAMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 33748471095     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.027540     Document Type: Article

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