Female soccer referees selected for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007: Survey of injuries and musculoskeletal problems

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 936-942

  Bizzini, M ^a,b,c   Junge, A ^a,b   Bahr, R ^c   Dvorak, J ^a,b  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ATHLETE; CHINA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GAME; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

EID: 70449720698     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.051318     Document Type: Review

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