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Health Care Sciences & Services
Afxentios Kekelekis, Zoe Kounali, Nikolaos Kofotolis, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Eleftherios Kellis
Summary: The purpose of this study was to monitor and analyze injuries in Greek amateur male soccer players over one competitive season. Injury data and exposure were collected from six teams during training and competition matches. A total of 103 injuries were recorded during the season, with higher injury rates in the posterior thigh and hip/groin complex. Amateur soccer players had a seven-fold greater chance of getting injured during games compared to training, and injury rates were higher towards the end of a session and peaked in October and February.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Assuman Nuhu, Jennifer Jelsma, Kim Dunleavy, Theresa Burgess
Summary: The study found that implementing the FIFA 11+ warm up programme significantly reduced the odds and severity of injuries in soccer players. A compliance rate of 77% was observed in the intervention group, and injury rates were similar across all teams and compliance levels. This programme should be widely implemented in Rwanda and could potentially lead to a decrease in injury incidence and severity in similar contexts.
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Sport Sciences
Colin M. Huber, Declan A. Patton, Divya Jain, Christina L. Master, Susan S. Margulies, Catherine C. Mcdonald, Kristy B. Arbogast
Summary: This study investigated gender differences in head impact rates in high school varsity soccer players over two seasons. Results showed that regardless of the calculation method used, males had higher head impact rates than females, with substantial variations in individual head impact exposure within a team.
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Volker Krutsch, Werner Krutsch, Jonas Haertl, Hendrik Bloch, Volker Alt, Christian Klein, Claus Reinsberger, Robin Seiffert, Lorenz Huber, Johannes Weber
Summary: This study aimed to assess the accuracy of video analysis in recording head injuries in professional football matches in Germany. The comparison between head injuries detected by video analysis and those registered with the accident insurance revealed a low verification rate, possibly due to unclear correlation between injury severity and clinical consequences, as well as clubs failing to register minor head injuries.
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Sport Sciences
Ludwig Ruf, Stefan Altmann, Ferdinand Graf, Christian Romeike, Christian Wirths, Oliver Wohak, Sascha Haertel
Summary: This study investigated the incidence, severity, and burden of injuries in U14 to U19 elite male soccer players in a German youth academy over a 3-year period. The results showed descriptive differences in injury incidence, severity, and burden between age groups, with clear age-related patterns for certain types of injuries.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2022)
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Sport Sciences
David William Kruse, Andrew Seiji Nobe, John Billimek
Summary: From 2008 to 2018, a total of 2102 gymnasts reported 180 injuries, with an injury incidence of 85.6 per 1000 gymnasts. The most common injury site was the ankle, muscle strain/rupture/tear was the most common type of injury, and most injuries were caused by contact with the surface, with the vault being the event where most injuries occurred. Injury incidence was higher during competition compared to training, and greater at Olympic Trials than at National Qualifier meets.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Taiki Komatsu, Shinsuke Umeshita, Shigeki Izumi, Tsuyoshi Ishibashi, Yoshihiro Sato, Yu Aramaki, Haruo Nakayama, Yuzo Koyama
Summary: The aim of this study was to survey the trauma and disability of amateur boxers and reveal the actual conditions of injuries. The results showed a correlation between skills and injuries, as well as a possible association between KO experience and self-assessment of boxing performance.
Review
Orthopedics
Willemijn M. Diemer, Marinus Winters, Johannes L. Tol, Haiko I. M. F. L. Pas, Maarten H. Moen
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the incidence and recurrence rates of acute hamstring injuries in soccer. It found that the incidence ranged from 0.3 to 1.9 per 1000 exposure hours, with recurrence rates varying from 4% to 68%. However, the strength of the evidence was limited by lack of methodological rigor and heterogeneity in reporting methods.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2021)
Review
Sport Sciences
Italo Ribeiro Lemes, Rafael Zambelli Pinto, Vitor N. Lage, Barbara A. B. Roch, Evert Verhagen, Caroline Bolling, Cecilia Ferreira Aquino, Sergio T. Fonseca, Thales R. Souza
Summary: Exercise-based prevention programmes may reduce the risk of non-contact musculoskeletal injuries by 23% among football players. Future high-quality trials are still needed to clarify the role of exercise-based programmes in preventing non-contact musculoskeletal injuries among football players.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jose Lopez-Aguilar, Rafael Burgueno, Alfonso Castillo-Rodriguez, Wanesa Onetti-Onetti
Summary: The study found that soccer referees with higher self-efficacy have lower levels of impulsivity in decision-making, although they exhibit higher levels in sensation seeking. These findings suggest that impulsivity influences the self-efficacy of referees and provide new insights for training referees' decision-making abilities.
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Orthopedics
Wesam Saleh A. Al Attar, Oliver Faude, Mario Bizzini, Saud Alarifi, Hosam Alzahrani, Raed S. Almalki, Riyadh G. Banjar, Ross H. Sanders
Summary: The FIFA 11+S program was found to significantly reduce the incidence of upper extremity injuries among soccer goalkeepers, including contact and noncontact injuries. The experimental group showed a significant decrease in minor and moderate severity injuries compared to the control group, with no difference in compliance noted between the two groups.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Abigail C. Bretzin, Tracey Covassin, Douglas J. Wiebe, William Stewart
Summary: The study compared sex-associated differences in epidemiology and concussion management in adolescent soccer players. Female soccer participants had a greater risk of documented SRC compared to males, with different injury mechanisms and management approaches. Male athletes returned to play sooner than females after a concussion, highlighting the need for sex-specific approaches to concussion management in sports.
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Food Science & Technology
Antonio Jesus Sanchez-Oliver, Raul Dominguez, Paola Lopez-Tapia, Francisco Miguel Tobal, Pablo Jodra, Juan Jose Montoya, Eduardo J. Guerra-Hernandez, Juan Jose Ramos-Alvarez
Summary: The study found that the majority of rugby players consume dietary supplements, with the main purpose being to enhance sports performance. Professional players tend to purchase them online and consume them during training and competition, while amateur players tend to consume them before competitions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stefan Altmann, Rainer Neumann, Sascha Haertel, Gunther Kurz, Thorsten Stein, Alexander Woll
Summary: In amateur soccer players, both physical factors (linear-sprint and change-of-direction performance) and perceptual-cognitive factors (perceptual-cognitive deficit) have a relatively high contribution to soccer-specific agility performance. Therefore, training programs aimed at improving agility performance should consider both physical and perceptual-cognitive elements.
Article
Ergonomics
Sungwon Kim, Daniel P. Connaughton
Summary: Parents express concerns about a potential decline in youth soccer participation due to concussions, emphasizing the key role of coaches in concussion management. While some support banning heading for participants 10 years old or younger, opinions on limiting heading for participants 13 or older vary.
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2021)