Efficacy of the FIFA 11+ injury prevention program in the collegiate male soccer player

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2628-2637

  Silvers Granelli, Holly ^a,b,c   Mandelbaum, Bert ^a,c   Adeniji, Ola ^a   Insler, Stephanie ^a   Bizzini, Mario ^d   Pohlig, Ryan ^b   Junge, Astrid ^d   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^d  

^a Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Institute for Sports Sciences   (United States)

^d FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

epidemiology; FIFA 11+; injury prevention; neuromuscular training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCCER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCCER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946060381     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515602009     Document Type: Article

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