Injury epidemiology in a national football team of the Middle East

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Eirale, C ^a   Hamilton, B ^a   Bisciotti, G ^a   Grantham, J ^a   Chalabi, H ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Football; Injury epidemiology; National team; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; SOCCER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84861434238     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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