The Football Science Institute (FSI) recently organized a highly informative webinar focused on optimizing cognitive performance in football through the power of nutrition. The webinar, led by renowned West Ham nutritionist Matt Jones, took place on May 1st as part of the prestigious Science4Football Congress,...
From FSI we are pleased to announce the celebration of our annual conference, the III FSI Conference on High Performance in Football will take place in Granada on November 30th, 1st and 2nd of December. The conference will include the participation of more than 30 speakers...
Ankle sprains and syndesmosis (sometimes called “high-ankle sprains”) are completely different injuries, as the latter occur with external rotation and dorsiflexion of the ankle, although in 20% of ankle sprains it seems to be concurrent to a syndesmotic injury. The incidence of syndesmotic injuries is...
Hamstring consist of three muscles: biceps femoris (BF), semitendinosus and semimembranosus, and is the most common muscle-tendon injury in football. Most injuries are mild strains, partial tears or contusions that are treated by conservative means. Surgery can be carried out as an early treatment (in the...
The hamstrings are the most common location of injuries in football (37%), in which biceps femoris long head (BFlh) is the most injured muscle (86%). These injuries can cause structural disruption at the muscle and connective tissue level. Muscle architecture properties seems to be related...
For an athlete to return to play (RTP) after ACL reconstruction (ACLR), multiple factors that should be assessed. Physical tests allow to evaluate movement strategies in the main mechanisms which may predispose to injury. Almost 90% of players RTP in 10 months after ACLR, although some...