British journal of sports medicine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
UEFA injury study--an injury audit of European Championships 2006 to 2008.
To study the incidence and nature of injuries at European Championships, to compare training and match injury characteristics and to study differences in injury incidence between tournaments. ⋯ Match injury incidence increased with age, indicating greater risk with higher intensity of play. Training injury incidence was relatively low, but training injuries were responsible for a quarter of all match unavailability and may thus have a profound impact on team performance and should be the object of preventive measures.