Under-exposure to official matches is associated with muscle injury incidence in professional footballers

• Main Authors: Victor Moreno-Perez (Author), Victor Paredes (Author), Diego Pastor (Author), Fabio Garrosa (Author), Silvestre Vielcazat (Author), Juan Coso (Author), Alberto Mendez-Villanueva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Termedia Publishing House, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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External workload from matches is considered one of the most important muscle injury risk factors for football teams. However, there is scarce published evidence to support this belief. This study examined whether a particular profile of external match workload existed prior to a muscle injury. A to...