• Fractures in professional footballers: 7-years data from 106 team seasons in the Middle East 

      Ngai, Aston Seng Huey; Beasley, Ian; Materne, Olivier; Farooq, Abdulaziz; Tabben, Montassar; Chebbi, Souhail; Ellouze, Zied; Arnáiz, Javier; Alkhelaifi, Khalid; Bahr, Roald; Chamari, Karim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Epidemiological studies on fractures in European professional football (soccer) are in abundance. However, such data are lacking in Middle Eastern professional footballers and information on fracture treatment is scarce. ...
    • Use of bisphosphonates for the treatment of stress fractures in athletes 

      Shima, Yosuke; Engebretsen, Lars; Iwasa, Junji; Kitaoka, Katsuhiko; Tomita, Katsura (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-12-05)
      A literature review was performed to investigate the potential role of bisphosphonates for the treatment of stress fractures in athletes. Given the inhibitory action on osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, short-term ...