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Soft tissue injuries are still a challenge in musculoskeletal sports and exercise medicine
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  1. Nikos Malliaropoulos1,
  2. Mourad Ghrairi2,
  3. Yacine Zerguini3,
  4. Nat Padhiar4
  1. 1QMUL, Centre Sports and Exercise Medicine, London, UK
  2. 2Dubai Sports Council, Medical Services, Alshabab Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  3. 3Clinique Chahrazed, Médecine et Traumatologie du Sport, Cheraga, Alger
  4. 4Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Nikos Malliaropoulos, QMUL, Centre Sports and Exercise Medicine, London, UK; contact{at}sportsmed.gr

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097171

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