Are skilled players at greater risk of injury in female youth football?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1118-1123

  Soligard, Torbjørn ^a   Grindem, Hege ^a   Bahr, Roald ^a   Andersen, Thor Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOTOR SKILLS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 78650514257     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.075093     Document Type: Article

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