Epidemiology of muscle injuries in professional football (soccer)

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1226-1232

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a   Hägglund, Martin ^a   Waldén, Markus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adductors; artificial turf; groin; hamstrings; quadriceps; strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959486873     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510395879     Document Type: Article

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