Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558 professional football players

Arnhild Bakken; Stephen Targett; Tone Bere; Maria-Carmen Adamuz; Johannes L Tol; Rod Whiteley; Mathew G Wilson; Erik Witvrouw; Karim M Khan; Roald Bahr

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2015-095829

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Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558 professional football players

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Arnhild Bakken Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Targett Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tone Bere Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Department of Orthopaedics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria-Carmen Adamuz Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Johannes L Tol Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar The Sports Physician Group, Department of Sports Medicine, St Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Amsterdam Center of Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rod Whiteley Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mathew G Wilson Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Canberra, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Erik Witvrouw Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Karim M Khan Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roald Bahr Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Arnhild Bakken, Department of Sports Medicine, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Sport City street, P.O. Box 29222, Doha, Qatar; arnhild.bakken{at}aspetar.com

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Bakken A, Targett S, Bere T, et al

Health conditions detected in a comprehensive periodic health evaluation of 558 professional football players

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:1142-1150.

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Accepted March 6, 2016
First published March 24, 2016.

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October 11, 2022

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