Intrinsic risk factors of non-contact quadriceps and hamstring strains in soccer: A prospective study of 100 professional players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 709-714

  Fousekis, Konstantinos ^a,b,d   Tsepis, Elias ^b   Poulmedis, Peter ^c   Athanasopoulos, Spyros ^a   Vagenas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959375085     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.077560     Document Type: Article

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