A 15-year prospective epidemiological account of acute traumatic injuries during official professional soccer league matches in Japan

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1006-1014

  Aoki, Haruhito ^a,b   O'Hata, Nozomu ^c   Kohno, Terushige ^a,b   Morikawa, Tsuguo ^d   Seki, Jun ^e  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Kawakai Chiba Hospital   (Japan)

^e Nishi Omiya Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

injury pattern; long term prospective follow up; match injury; professional level; soccer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84860449578     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512438695     Document Type: Review

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