Incidence and risk factors of lower leg fractures in Belgian soccer players

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1847-1850

  Vanlommel, Luc ^a   Vanlommel, Jan ^a   Bollars, Peter ^a   Quisquater, Laurent ^a   Van Crombrugge, Kris ^b   Corten, Kristoff ^a   Bellemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Maarten   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Incidence; Risk factors; Soccer injuries; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOOT FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA FRACTURE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FRACTURES, BONE; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCCER;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BELGIUM; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 84887085134     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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