Investigation of growth, development, and factors associated with injury in elite schoolboy footballers: prospective study

Amanda Johnson, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Anthony Freemont

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Abstract

To investigate the differences between skeletal and chronological age and to assess the role of maturity status, anthropometric data, and football related variables in explaining injury statistics in elite schoolboy footballers.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)b490
JournalBMJ
Volume338
Issue number7696
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2009

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Age Determination by Skeleton
  • Age Distribution
  • Bone Development
  • Child
  • Growth
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Soccer

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