Gradual increase in the risk of match injury in Norwegian male professional football: A 6-year prospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-196

  Bjorneboe J ^a   Bahr, R ^a   Andersen, T E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Injuries; Male; Norway; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCCER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURIES; MALE; NORWAY; SOCCER;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCCER;

EID: 84892899787     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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