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Epidemiology: The Most Frequent Lesions

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Epidemiological studies on football injuries have been implemented in Europe since the end of the 1970s. Simultaneously, prevention programmes were implemented to avoid injuries regarding muscle, tendon and ligament severe injuries. The analysis of injury incidence and the improvement of prevention strategies played a role in injury incidence decrease. However, the analysis of the congested match calendar must go on in order to decrease the risk of injury and, mostly, reinjury incidence.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Montijo Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic, Montijo, Portugal

    Henrique Jones

  2. Hospital de Santo António, ICBAS – Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Pedro Cantista

  3. Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Matteo Denti

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

    C. Niek van Dijk

  2. Hopital de la Croix-Rousse, University of Lyon 1 Hopital de la, Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France

    Philippe Neyret

  3. Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, Vila Clementino - São Paulo, Brazil

    Moises Cohen

  4. Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Della Villa

  5. 3B’s Research Group–Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Helder Pereira

  6. ICVS/3B’s–PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

    J. Miguel Oliveira

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Jones, H., Cantista, P., Denti, M. (2017). Epidemiology: The Most Frequent Lesions. In: van Dijk, C., Neyret, P., Cohen, M., Della Villa, S., Pereira, H., Oliveira, J. (eds) Injuries and Health Problems in Football . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53924-8_2

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