Match injury rates in professional soccer vary with match result, match venue, and type of competition

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1505-1510

  Bengtsson, Håkan ^a   Ekstrand, Jan ^a,b   Waldén, Markus ^a   Hägglund, Martin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UEFA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

athletic injuries; competition; football; performance; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCCER; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FOOTBALL; INJURY; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPETITION; FOOTBALL; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879769423     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513486769     Document Type: Article

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