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February 18, 2011The American Journal of Sports MedicineOpen Access

Epidemiology of Muscle Injuries in Professional Football (Soccer)

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Men's professional football (soccer) players

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Authors

JEJan EkstrandLinköping UniversityMHMartin HägglundLinköping UniversityMWMarkus WaldénLinköping University

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Implication

Muscle injuries drive major time-loss in professional football; observational data leaves open effective prevention for the dominant lower-limb groups.

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Men's professional football (soccer) players

Muscle injuries represent a major source of time-loss in men's professional football, predominantly affecting the lower limbs.

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Ekstrand et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d75484aa68b335b4f30fd0https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546510395879
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