Illness and injuries in elite football players-A prospective cohort study during the FIFA confederations cup 2009

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 379-383

  Theron, Nicolas ^a   Schwellnus, Martin ^a   Derman, Wayne ^a   Dvorak, Jiri ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

elite athletes; epidemiology; football; illness; injuries; international sporting tournaments; medical conditions; soccer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTUSION; EAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FOOTBALL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURY; MEDICAL CARE; NOSE DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; THIGH; THROAT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883657158     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31828b0a10     Document Type: Article

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