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Evolution of injury burden in Qatari professional football — 8 season data from the Aspetar Injury and Illness Surveillance Programme

Karim Chamari
1
,
Raouf Nader Rekik
1
,
Mokhtar Chaabane
1
,
Souhail Chebbi
1
,
Ramadan Daoud
1
,
Cristiano Eirale
1
,
Yorck Olaf Schumacher
1
,
Montassar Tabben
1
,
Roald Bahr
1, 2

  1. Aspetar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  2. Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Biol Sport. 2025;42(1): 201–209
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.139089
Online publish date: 2024/08/08
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