Epidemiology of patellar tendinopathy in elite male soccer players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1906-1911

  Hägglund, Martin ^a   Zwerver, Johannes ^b   Ekstrand, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

artificial turf; football; jumper's knee; patellar tendinopathy; tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052518175     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511408877     Document Type: Article

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