The epidemiology of knee injuries in Iranian male professional soccer players

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Rahnama, Nader ^a   Bambaeichi, Effat ^a   Daneshjoo, AbdolHamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee injuries; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049141855     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-009-0070-1     Document Type: Article

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