Ankle sprain injuries and risk factors in amateur soccer players during a 2-year period

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 458-466

  Kofotolis, Nikolaos D ^a   Kellis, Eleftherios ^a,b   Vlachopoulos, Symeon P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TEFAA Serres   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ankle; Injury; Soccer; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 33847144608     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506294857     Document Type: Article

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