Performance aspects of an injury prevention program: A ten-week intervention in adolescent female football players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 596-604

  Steffen, K ^a   Bakka, H M ^a   Myklebust, G ^a   Bahr, R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Injury prevention; Neuromuscular; Plyometrics; Pre season training; Strength; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 52249090686     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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