Efficacy of the FIFA 11+ warm-up programme in male youth football: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-328

  Owoeye, Oluwatoyosi B A ^a   Akinbo, Sunday R A ^a   Tella, Bosede A ^a   Olawale, Olajide A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

FIFA; Injury prevention; Neuromuscular training; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901722691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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