Are physical performance and injury risk in a professional soccer team in match-play affected over a prolonged period of fixture congestion?

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Carling, C ^a,b   Le Gall, F ^a   Dupont, G ^c  

^a Centre de Formation   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

epidemiology; football; locomotor activity; motion analysis; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84155164074     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283190     Document Type: Article

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