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Does a shortened winter break change injury incidence in professional male soccer players?
Does a shortened winter break change injury incidence in professional male soccer players?
Shortening the winter break in professional soccer is associated with an increase in training, knee, and severe injuries, despite no change in overall injury incidence.
Should not yet alter winter break scheduling in soccer; leaves open causal effects on training and knee injuries.
Shortening the winter break from 6.5 to 3.5 weeks did not change the overall injury incidence; however, a higher number of training, knee, and possibly more severe injuries (time loss >7 days) occurred.
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Fünten et al. (2014) studied this question.
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