Football injuries in children and adolescent players: Are there clues for prevention?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 819-837

  Faude, Oliver ^a   Rößler, Roland ^a   Junge, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FACIAL INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FACIAL INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; SOCCER; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84883217772     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0061-x     Document Type: Review

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