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Clinical Focus: Orthopedic and Ligament Injuries

Sports Injuries in Young Athletes: Long-Term Outcome and Prevention Strategies

Nicola Maffulli Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EnglandCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth),
Umile Giuseppe Longo Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
, MD,
Filippo Spiezia Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
, MD &
Vincenzo Denaro Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
, MD
Pages 29-34 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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