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Injury rates decreased in men’s professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play

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  • Jan Ekstrand Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenFootball Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Armin Spreco Center for Health Services Development, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Håkan Bengtsson Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenFootball Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roald Bahr Department of Sports Medicine, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Research, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Jan Ekstrand, Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping S-582 20, Sweden; jan.ekstrand{at}telia.com
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Ekstrand J, Spreco A, Bengtsson H, et al
Injury rates decreased in men’s professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play

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  • Accepted January 23, 2021
  • First published February 5, 2021.
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January 16, 2022

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