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Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries

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The medial collateral ligament (MCL) is a common site of injury in sports and so it is very important to have great knowledge of all the parts involved for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. MCL injury is more common in sports that require contact and male athletes are at greater risk [1, 2].

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  1. Dragon Clinic, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence – Dom Henrique Research Center, Via Futebol Club do Porto Estadio Entrada nascente –Piso 3, Porto, 4350-415, Portugal

    Luis Pedro Duarte Silva, C. Desai & N. Loureiro

  2. Local Health Unit Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

    Luis Pedro Duarte Silva

  3. Dragon Clinic, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence – Dom Henrique Research Center, Via Futebol Club do Porto Estadio Entrada nascente –Piso 3, Porto, 4350-415, Portugal

    H. Pereira & J. Espregueira-Mendes

  4. Hospital Póvoa de Varzim, Braga, Portugal

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  5. 3 B’s Research Group Minho University, ICVS/3B’s associated Laboratory Minho University, Braga, Portugal

    H. Pereira

  6. Minho University, School of Health sciences 3 B’s/ICVS, Braga, Portugal

    J. Espregueira-Mendes

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Silva, L.P.D., Desai, C., Loureiro, N., Pereira, H., Espregueira-Mendes, J. (2015). Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Football Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_14

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