PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Colin W Fuller
AU  - Richard D Hawkins
TI  - Developing a health surveillance strategy for professional footballers in compliance with UK health and safety legislation
AID  - 10.1136/bjsm.31.2.148
DP  - 1997 Jun 01
TA  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
PG  - 148--149
VI  - 31
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/31/2/148.short
4100  - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/31/2/148.full
SO  - Br J Sports Med1997 Jun 01; 31
AB  - The need for health surveillance for professional footballers has been assessed against criteria specified in UK health and safety legislation. As footballers suffer from chronic injuries under normal playing conditions, professional football clubs have a requirement to implement health surveillance programmes to protect their players. A health surveillance programme, based on benchmarking a player's fitness and addressing the issues of pre-recruitment, pre-season, during-season, post-season, and rehabilitation assessment, is proposed.