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How do muscle injuries relate to return-to-performance metrics in male elite football players?

Marc Guitart
1, 2
,
Antonio Alonso-Callejo
3
,
Gil Rodas
4, 5, 6
,
Francesc Cos
7, 8
,
Andres Martin-Garcia
1
,
Xavi Franquesa
1
,
Berta Carles
1
,
Xavier Valle
1, 9
,
Xavier Yangüas
1
,
Jose Luis Felipe
10, 11

  1. FC Barcelona Performance Department, Barcelona, Spain; Barça Innovation Hub, Health & Wellness Area, Barcelona, Spain
  2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  3. Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  4. FC Barcelona Medical Department (FIFA Medical Center of Excellence), Barcelona, Spain
  5. Barça Innovation Hub, Health & Wellness Area, Barcelona, Spain
  6. Leitat Technological Center, Terrassa, Spain
  7. Manchester City Football Club 1st Team, Manchester M11 4TS, UK
  8. National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Barcelona, 08038, Barcelona, Spain
  9. ICATME-DEIXEUS: Unidad Medicina del Deporte, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
  10. IGOID Research Group, Department of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071, Toledo, Spain
  11. Performance Analysis Department, UD Las Palmas, 35019, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Biol Sport. 2026; 43: 165–175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.153532
Online publish date: 2025/08/13
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