The impact of short periods of match congestion on injury risk and patterns in an elite football club

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 764-768

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre de Formation   (France)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK FACTOR; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84971536999     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095501     Document Type: Article

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