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Injury incidence and characteristics in adolescent female football players: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies

Marcos Quintana-Cepedal
1, 2
,
Ismael López-Aguado
1
,
Ana Fernández-Somoano
3, 4
,
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
1
,
Miguel del Valle
2, 5
,
Hugo Olmedillas
1, 2

1.
Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
2.
Asturian Research Group in Performance, Readaptation, Training and Health (ASTURES), University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
3.
Unidad de Epidemiología Molecular del Cáncer, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de AsturiasDepartamento de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
4.
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP), Madrid, Spain
5.
Department of Cellular Morphology and Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Biol Sport. 2024;41(3):137–151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.132996
Online publish date: 2024/01/30
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