Is a cognitive-behavioural biofeedback intervention useful to reduce injury risk in junior football players?

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-338

  Edvardsson, Arne ^a   Ivarsson, Andrea ^a   Johnson, Urban ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping skills; Elite sport; Psychological injury prevention; Psychological stress; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861970147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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