Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: An 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 738-742

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCCER; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; ELITE PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTING INJURIES; STATISTICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

ELITE PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY PREVENTION; SOCCER; SPORTING INJURIES;

EID: 84880511265     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092215     Document Type: Article

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