High-intensity Actions in Elite Soccer: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Filter A, Olivares-Jabalera J, Dos'Santos T, Madruga M, Lozano J, Molina A, Santalla A, Requena B, Loturco I. Int J Sports Med. 2023 May 2. doi: 10.1055/a-2013-1661. Online ahead of print. Traditionally, the reductionist approach commonly used to...

  Verbal Encouragement Improves Game Intensity, Technical Aspects, and Psychological Responses During Soccer-Specific Training. Selmi O, Levitt DE, Aydi B, Ferhi W, Bouassida A. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2023 Apr 28:1-7. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2022-0435. Online ahead of print. This study in male youth soccer players performing sessions of 4-per-side...

  External and internal training load comparison between sided-game drills in professional soccer. Beato M, de Keijzer KL, Costin AJ. Front Sports Act Living. 2023 Apr 4;5:1150461. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1150461. eCollection 2023. This study with 24 male professional soccer players of the same club analyzed 7 training drills categorized as...

  Developmental stage and lower quadriceps flexibilities and decreased gastrocnemius flexibilities are predictive risk factors for developing Osgood-Schlatter disease in adolescent male soccer players. Takei S, Torii S, Taketomi S, Iizuka S, Tojima M, Iwanuma S, Iida Y, Tanaka S. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Mar 31....

  The Safe Landing warm up technique modification programme: An effective anterior cruciate ligament injury mitigation strategy to improve cutting and jump-movement quality in soccer players. Olivares-Jabalera J, Fílter A, Dos Santos T, Ortega-Domínguez J, Soto Hermoso VM, Requena B. J Sports Sci. 2023 Mar 23:1-11. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2193451....

  Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion and landing postures during a soccer-specific task. Akbari H, Shimokochi Y, Sheikhi B. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 16;18(3):e0283150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283150. eCollection 2023 In this study on 30 male soccer players, the ankle dorsiflexion DF-ROM was measured by the weight bearing lunge test in...

  Reduced Match Exposure in the Previous 2 Matches Accounts for Hamstring Muscle Injury Incidence in Professional Football Players. Moreno-Pérez V, Del Coso J, López-Del Campo R, Resta R, Romero-Sangüesa J, Courel-Ibáñez J, Méndez-Villanueva A. Sports Health. 2023 Mar 10:19417381231158117. doi: 10.1177/19417381231158117 This observational study in 2 teams (Spanish...

  Epidemiology of Football Injuries of the German Bundesliga: A Media-Based, Prospective Analysis over 7 Consecutive Seasons. Aus der Fünten K, Tröß T, Hadji A, Beaudouin F, Steendahl IB, Meyer T. Sports Med Open. 2023 Mar 3;9(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s40798-023-00563-x This study used the sport-specific journal "kicker Sportmagazin™" complemented by...

  Activity Distribution Among the Hamstring Muscles During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise: A Multichannel Surface Electromyography Study. Suskens JJM, Reurink G, Tol JL Kerkhoffs GMMJ, Goedhart EA, Maas H, van Dieën JH. J Appl Biomech. 2023 Jan 1:1-11. doi: 10.1123/jab.2022-0102. Online ahead of sprint This study used hamstrings multichannel...

  Stadium attendance demand in the men's UEFA Champions League: Do fans value sporting contest or match quality? Wills G, Addesa F, Tacon R. PLoS One. 2023 Feb 3;18(2):e0276383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276383. eCollection 2023 This paper on men's UEFA Champions League analyzing 1,234 matches from 2009/10 to 2018/19 across 32...