Terminology and classification of muscle injuries in sport: The Munich consensus statement

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 342-350

  Mueller Wohlfahrt, Hans Wilhelm ^a   Haensel, Lutz ^a   Mithoefer, Kai ^b   Ekstrand, Jan ^c   English, Bryan ^d   McNally, Steven ^e   Orchard, John ^f   Van Dijk, Niek ^g   Kerkhoffs, Gino M ^g   Schamasch, Patrick ^h   Blottner, Dieter ⁱ   Swaerd, Leif ^j   Goedhart, Edwin ^k   Ueblacker, Peter ^a  

^a Munich and Football Club FC Bayern Munich   (Germany)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k Football Club Ajax Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTUSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RUPTURE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84875535602     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091448     Document Type: Article

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