Prevalence and etiological factors of sport-related groin injuries in top-level soccer compared to non-contact sports

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Ristolainen, Leena ^b   Turunen, Hanna ^c   Kujala, Urho M ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross country skiing; Groin injuries; Groin pain; Long distance running; Soccer; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GROIN INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHRONIC GROIN INJURY; CONTACT SPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951725596     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1169-1     Document Type: Article

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