How effective are exercise-based injury prevention programmes for soccer players?: A systematic review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 257-265

  Van Beijsterveldt, A M C ^a   Van Der Horst, Nick ^a,b   Van De Port, Ingrid G L ^a,b   Backx, Frank J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCCER; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SOCCER;

EID: 84876520523     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0026-0     Document Type: Review

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