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This report from the FIFA medical committee is a superb overview of the athletic medical issues from World Cup 2006. In addition to the comprehensive and meticulous injury surveillance, the authors identify new methods that have had a major impact on the game and the sport. First, the organising medical committee, after the sudden death of a player in a previous tournament, took the bold step of mandating that all players undergo stress ECGs and echocardiograms. This commitment will one day prevent the untimely death of athletes. Second, multidisciplinary evaluation of head injuries has led to a consensus of concepts and to policy change. As a consequence, the rules of the game were changed by the FIFA executive committee once they identified that elbow to head contact was a major cause of concussions. Third, the continuous commitment to doping control has ensured that the World Cup and other tournaments are,
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