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Few training sessions between return to play and first match appearance are associated with an increased propensity for injury: a prospective cohort study of male professional football players during 16 consecutive seasons

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  • Håkan Bengtsson Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jan Ekstrand Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Markus Waldén Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martin Hägglund Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Håkan Bengtsson, Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden; info.frg{at}telia.com
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Bengtsson H, Ekstrand J, Waldén M, et al
Few training sessions between return to play and first match appearance are associated with an increased propensity for injury: a prospective cohort study of male professional football players during 16 consecutive seasons

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  • Accepted August 4, 2019
  • First published August 29, 2019.
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March 18, 2020

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