Examination of injuries in an African national football league. The 2006-2007 EPFKIN championship in Kinshasa (Congo DR);Étude des blessures lors d'une Compétition nationale africaine de football. Á propos du championnat EPFKIN 2006-2007 à Kinshasa (RD Congo)

Journal de Traumatologie du Sport

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Zerguini, Y ^a,c   Bungu Kakala, J P ^b   Junge, A ^c   Dvorak, J ^c  

^a Centre d'Evaluation et d'Expertise en Medecine du Sport   (Algeria)

^b Fédération congolaise de football association ^*  (Congo)

^c FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Football; Incidence; Injury; Soccer

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTUSION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK; SPORT INJURY; SPRAIN;

EID: 78650178610     PISSN: 0762915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jts.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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