The effects of a congested fixture period on physical performance, technical activity and injury rate during matches in a professional soccer team

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 390-394

  Dellal, Alexandre ^a,b   Lago Peñas, Carlos ^c   Rey, Ezequiel ^c   Chamari, Karim ^b,d   Orhant, Emmanuel ^e  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

^e Olympique Lyonnais FC   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SOCCER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

APTITUDE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924167818     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091290     Document Type: Article

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