Development and implementation of a standardized precompetition medical assessment of international elite football players-2006 FIFA world cup Germany

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-321

  Dvorak, Jiri ^a,b   Grimm, Katharina ^a   Schmied, Christian ^c   Junge, Astrid ^a  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Football; PCMA; Preparticipation medical examination; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPETITION; ELITE ATHLETE; FOOTBALL; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREPARTICIPATION MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDIZATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOCUMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 68449096232     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181b21b6e     Document Type: Article

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