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Sports Medicine and Biomechanics

Epidemiology of time-loss injuries within an Australian male professional football club: A 5-year prospective observational study of 21,343 player hours

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Pages 2161-2168 | Received 15 Aug 2023, Accepted 22 Jan 2024, Published online: 23 Feb 2024

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