Injuries among professional soccer players of different age groups: A prospective four-year study in an English Premier League Football Club

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-276

  Merron, Richard ^a   Selfe, James ^a   Swire, Rob ^a   Rolf, Christer G ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Different age groups; Lower extremity; Professional football; Soccer injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248581581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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