Precompetition orthopedic assessment of international elite football players

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-328

  Junge, Astrid ^a,b   Grimm, Katharina ^a   Feddermann, Nina ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^a,b  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Injury; Pathological findings; Preparticipation examination; Top level players

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETITION; FOOTBALL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HIP INJURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREPARTICIPATION EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGEON;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

EID: 68449100593     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181b21b56     Document Type: Article

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