Injuries among male and female elite football players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-827

  Hagglund M ^a   Walden M ^a   Ekstrand, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Athletic injury; Injury risk; Sex differences; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; SWEDEN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450227212     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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