Muscle injuries represent a major source of time-loss in men's professional football, predominantly affecting the lower limbs.
Muscle injuries are a substantial problem for players and their clubs. They constitute almost one third of all time-loss injuries in men's professional football, and 92% of all injuries affect the 4 big muscle groups in the lower limbs.
Ekstrand et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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