Stress fractures in elite male football players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-346

  Ekstrand, J ^a   Torstveit, M K ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Injury incidence; Metatarsal; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STRESS FRACTURE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861449814     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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