Exercise program for prevention of groin pain in football players: A cluster-randomized trial

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 814-821

  Holmich P ^a,c   Larsen, K ^b   Krogsgaard, K ^b   Gluud, C ^c  

^a AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Football; Groin injury; Overuse injury; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954919838     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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