Prevention of football injuries

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Kirkendall, Donald T ^a   Junge, Astrid ^a   Dvorak, Jiri ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Football; Prevention; Sport injury; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870722370     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/asjsm.34869     Document Type: Review

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