Muscle injury rates in professional football increase
with fixture congestion: an 11-year follow-up of the
UEFA Champions League injury study
Håkan Bengtsson,1
Jan Ekstrand,1,2,3
Martin Hägglund1,4
1
Football Research Group,
Linköping University,...
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Muscle injury rates in professional football increase
with fixture congestion: an 11-year follow-up of the
UEFA Champions League injury study
Håkan Bengtsson,1
Jan Ekstrand,1,2,3
Martin Hägglund1,4
1
Football Research Group,
Linköping University,
Linköping, Sweden
2
UEFA Medical Committee,
Nyon, Switzerland
3
Division of Community
Medicine, Department of
Medical and Health Sciences,
Linköping University,
Linköping, Sweden
4
Division of Physiotherapy,
Department of Medical and
Health Sciences, Linköping
University, Linköping, Sweden
Correspondence to
Håkan Bengtsson, Football
Research Group, Linköping
University, Stenbrötsgatan 33
582 47, Linköping SE-581 83,
Sweden; Info.frg@telia.com/
hakbe194@student.liu.se
Accepted 13 June 2013
To cite: Bengtsson H,
Ekstrand J, Hägglund M. Br
J Sports Med 2013;47:
743–747.
ABSTRACT
Background The influence of fixture congestion on
injury rates and team performance has only been
scarcely investigated.
Aim To study
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