Risk factors for lower extremity muscle injury in professional soccer: The UEFA injury study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-335

  Hägglund, Martin ^a   Waldén, Markus ^a   Ekstrand, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adductor; calf; hamstring; muscle strain; quadriceps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; LEG INJURY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873327026     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512470634     Document Type: Article

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