Risk factors for hamstring muscle injury in male elite football: medical expert experience and conclusions from 15 European Champions League clubsJan Ekstrand, Peter Ueblacker, Wart Van Zoest, Raymond Verheijen, Bruno Vanhecke, Maikel van Wijk, Håkan Bengtsson
24 January 2023
Can prognostic factors for indirect muscle injuries in elite football (soccer) players be identified using data from preseason screening? An exploratory analysis using routinely collected periodic health examination recordsTom Hughes, Richard Riley, Michael J Callaghan, Jamie C Sergeant
24 January 2023
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020Markus Waldén, Margo Mountjoy, Alan McCall, Andreas Serner, Andrew Massey, Johannes L Tol, Roald Bahr, Michel D'Hooghe, Natália Bittencourt, Francesco Della Villa, Michiko Dohi, Gregory Dupont, Mark Fulcher, Dina Christina (Christa) Janse van Rensburg, Donna LuSee the full list of authors
6 January 2023
Healthspan and chronic disease burden among young adult and middle-aged male former American-style professional football playersRachel Grashow, Taylor Valencia Shaffer-Pancyzk, Inana Dairi, Hang Lee, Dean Marengi, Jillian Baker, Marc G Weisskopf, Frank E Speizer, Alicia J Whittington, Herman A Taylor, Dylan Keating, Adam Tenforde, James Sawalla Guseh, Meagan M Wasfy, Ross ZafonteSee the full list of authors
7 December 2022
Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22Jan Ekstrand, Håkan Bengtsson, Markus Waldén, Michael Davison, Karim M Khan, Martin Hägglund
6 December 2022
Seven days in medicine: 23-29 November 202230 November 2022
Scottish footballers are advised to limit heading the ball over brain injury fearsBryan Christie
29 November 2022
World Cup: Concussion protocol in Iran-England match was “utter disgrace,” says charityGareth Iacobucci
22 November 2022
Study on Hamstring Re-injury Prevention (SHARP): protocol for an international multicentre, randomised controlled trialMuhammad Ikhwan Zein, Gustaaf Reurink, Evert Verhagen, Gino M M J Kerkhoffs, Nick van der Horst, Edwin Goedhart, Angelica Anggunadi, Anders Knapstad, Thor Einar Andersen, Lasse Ishøi, Per Hølmich, Johannes L Tol
14 November 2022
Cerebral and cognitive modifications in retired professional soccer players: TC-FOOT protocol, a transverse analytical studySabrina Kepka, François Lersy, Julien Godet, Frederic Blanc, Mathias Bilger, Anne Botzung, Catherine Kleitz, Jeanne Merignac, Emmanuel Ohrant, Franck Garnier, François Pietra, Vincent Noblet, Caroline Deck, Remy Willinger, Stéphane Kremer
9 November 2022