Injury incidence, patterns, and severity in cameroon professional Men’s Football: A prospective injury surveillance study

• Gilbert Mua Akwa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gilbert Mua Akwa, Tankeng Leonard Tanko, Nana Chunteng Theophile

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical sciences, University of Yaounde I, Center, Cameroon

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• Tankeng Leonard Tanko ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gilbert Mua Akwa, Tankeng Leonard Tanko, Nana Chunteng Theophile

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: tankeng.leonard@gmail.com

  Current Address: Department of Research, SPORTSMED Foundation, Littoral, Cameroon.

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Littoral, Cameroon, Department of Research, SPORTSMED Foundation, Littoral, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9187-6749

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• Njowe Serge Ludwig,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

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• Ange Veronique Ngo Bilong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Commission, Cameroon Football Federation, Center, Cameroon

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• Nana Chunteng Theophile

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gilbert Mua Akwa, Tankeng Leonard Tanko, Nana Chunteng Theophile

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Southwest, Cameroon

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