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Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annually in men's professional football, since 2001: a 13-year longitudinal analysis of the UEFA Elite Club injury study
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  • Jan Ekstrand Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden UEFA Medical Committee, Nyon, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Markus Waldén Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martin Hägglund Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Jan Ekstrand, Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Hertig Karlsgatan 13B, Linköping S-582 21, Sweden; jan.ekstrand{at}telia.com
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Ekstrand J, Waldén M, Hägglund M
Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annually in men's professional football, since 2001: a 13-year longitudinal analysis of the UEFA Elite Club injury study
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:731-737.

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  • Accepted December 11, 2015
  • First published January 8, 2016.
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October 11, 2022

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