Biceps femoris and semitendinosus - Teammates or competitors? New insights into hamstring injury mechanisms in male football players: A muscle functional MRI study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1599-1606

  Schuermans, Joke ^a   Van Tiggelen, Damien ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a   Witvrouw, Erik ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJURIES; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCCER; TENDON INJURIES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SOCCER; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911387037     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094017     Document Type: Article

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