What is the extent of exposure to periods of match congestion in professional soccer players?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2116-2124

  Carling, Christopher ^a,b,c   McCall, Alan ^b,d   Le Gall, Franck ^b   Dupont, Gregory ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre de Formation   (France)

^c Hong Kong Institute of Higher Education   (China)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

fatigue; injury; match congestion; recovery

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCCER; TIME FACTOR;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84948586773     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1091492     Document Type: Article

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