Can off-field ‘brains’ provide a competitive advantage in professional football?

Alan McCall; Michael Davison; Chris Carling; Matthew Buckthorpe; Aaron J Coutts; Gregory Dupont

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2015-095807

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Can off-field ‘brains’ provide a competitive advantage in professional football?

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Alan McCall Research & Development Department, Arsenal Football Club, London, UK Research & Development Department, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Davison Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chris Carling Institute of Coaching and Performance, UCLAN, Preston, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew Buckthorpe Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aaron J Coutts Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregory Dupont Research & Development Department, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK University Lille Nord de France, Ronchin, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Alan McCall, Research & Development Department, Arsenal Football Club, Bell Ln, London Colney, Hertfordshire WD7 9AD, UK; amccall{at}arsenal.co.uk

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McCall A, Davison M, Carling C, et al

Can off-field ‘brains’ provide a competitive advantage in professional football?

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:710-712.

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Accepted April 18, 2016
First published June 1, 2016.

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October 11, 2022

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