Why we should focus on the burden of injuries and illnesses, not just their incidence

Roald Bahr^{1

2}, Benjamin Clarsen¹, Jan Ekstrand³

Affiliations

¹ Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
² Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
³ Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

Editorial

Roald Bahr et al. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;52(16):1018-1021.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098160. Epub 2017 Oct 11.

Roald Bahr^{1

2}, Benjamin Clarsen¹, Jan Ekstrand³

¹ Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
² Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
³ Division of Community Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Football Research Group, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; football; illness; injuries; methodology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.