High prevalence of medication use in professional football tournaments including the World Cups between 2002 and 2014: A narrative review with a focus on NSAIDs

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 580-582

  Tscholl, Philippe M ^a,b   Vaso, Martin ^a   Weber, Alexis ^a   Dvorak, Jiri ^a  

^a FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84928880156     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094784     Document Type: Review

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