Håkan Bengtsson

Injuries affect team performance negatively in professional football: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

Martin Hägglund, Markus Waldén, Henrik Magnusson et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2013 · 812 citations · Full text

Public Health, Injury Prevention, Sports Medicine +13

Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22

Jan Ekstrand, Håkan Bengtsson, Markus Waldén et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2022 · 331 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine +13

Muscle injury rates in professional football increase with fixture congestion: an 11-year follow-up of the UEFA Champions League injury study

Håkan Bengtsson, Jan Ekstrand, Martin Hägglund · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2013 · 268 citations · Full text

Medicine, Injury Prevention, Sports Medicine +13

Time before return to play for the most common injuries in professional football: a 16-year follow-up of the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study

Jan Ekstrand, Werner Krutsch, Armin Sprečo et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2019 · 242 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine +12

Injury rates decreased in men’s professional football: an 18-year prospective cohort study of almost 12 000 injuries sustained during 1.8 million hours of play

Jan Ekstrand, Armin Sprečo, Håkan Bengtsson et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2021 · 196 citations · Full text

Medicine, Injury Prevention, Sports Medicine +13