Fewer ligament injuries but no preventive effect on muscle injuries and severe injuries: An 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 732-737

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a,b   Hägglund, Martin ^a   Kristenson, Karolina ^a   Magnusson, Henrik ^a   Waldén, Markus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UEFA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAMSTRING INJURIES; INJURY; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAMSTRING INJURIES; INJURY PREVENTION; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SOCCER;

EID: 84880435288     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092394     Document Type: Article

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