Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annually in men's professional football, since 2001: A 13-year longitudinal analysis of the UEFA Elite Club injury study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 731-737

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a,b,c   Waldén, Markus ^a,b   Hägglund, Martin ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Football Research Group   (Sweden)

^c UEFA Medical Committee ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPE; HAMSTRING MUSCLE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCCER; TRENDS;

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HAMSTRING MUSCLES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SOCCER;

EID: 84971577865     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095359     Document Type: Article

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