Recurrence of Achilles tendon injuries in elite male football players is more common after early return to play: An 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 763-768

  Gajhede Knudsen, Mariann ^a   Ekstrand, Jan ^a,b   Magnusson, Henrik ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^c,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UEFA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE; SOCCER; TENDINOPATHY; TIME; ARTICLE; ELITE PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS;

ABSENTEEISM; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; SOCCER; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ELITE PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; SOCCER;

EID: 84880506284     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092271     Document Type: Article

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