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The genetic association with injury risk in male academy soccer players depends on maturity status.
Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports - 1 Feb 2022
Hall Elliott C R, Baumert Philipp, Larruskain Jon, Gil Susana M, Lekue Josean A, Rienzi Edgardo, Moreno Sacha, Tannure Marcio, Murtagh Conall F, Ade Jack D, Squires Paul, Orme Patrick, Anderson Liam, Brownlee Thomas E, Whitworth-Turner Craig M, Morton James P, Drust Barry, Williams Alun G, Erskine Robert M
Abstract excerpt
It is currently unknown if injury risk is associated with genetic variation in academy soccer players (ASP). We investigated whether nine candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated (individually and in combination) with injury in ASP at different stages of maturation. Saliva samples and one season's injury records were collected from 402 Caucasian male ASP from England, Spain, Uruguay, and Brazil,...
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