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Medical issues in women’s football
  1. Jiri Dvorak1,
  2. Astrid Junge1,
  3. Colin Fuller2,
  4. Paul McCrory3
  1. 1FIFA-Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland
  2. 2University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  3. 3University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Paul McCrory
 University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; p.mccrory{at}unimelb.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2007.039362

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    One key gender difference in the causation of injury are the distinctly different tackle mechanisms that lead to injury. Video analysis techniques …

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    • Guest editors: Jiri Dvorak, Astrid Junge, Collin Fuller and Paul McCrory