Traditionally, interventions to improve performance of substitutes have not received much attention. Their pre-match warm-ups are usually performed isolated from starters and they then carry out a re-warm-up in the second half prior to going onto the field. Substitutes should be prepared to perform at...
1. A Review of Legal, Ethical, and Governance Issues for Team Doctors Orchard JJ, Maddocks D, Carneiro E, Orchard JW Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Clin J Sport Med. 2021 Nov 10. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000986 This paper analyzes media reports, legal cases, and journal articles...
Did you know that FSI graduate students can choose to carry out internships in high-level football clubs? Here, Amador Sanchez tells us about his internship in Valencia CF. Start your professional future in football with FSI today! ...
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...
The British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences (BASES) has announced the endorsement of our FSI Master's course, Strength&Conditioning Football Coach. Therefore, this FSI course is recognised as meeting required criteria for the award of BASES's Continued Professional Development (CPD) credits. In addition, the Football Science...
1. Long sports career and satisfactory clinical outcomes after Meniscal Allograft Transplantation (MAT) in young professional athletes involved in strenuous sports Bonanzinga T, Grassi A, Altomare D, Vitale ND, Zaffagnini S, Marcacci M Humanitas University, Rozzano & Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021...
The FSI Conference 2021: Mathew Buckthorpe Injuries are problematic in football due to their impact on financial, team, and player performance. Medial collateral ligament (MCL) injuries are the most common of all traumatic knee injuries and the most common severe injury subtype after hamstrings injuries. To prevent them,...
Football Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries mechanism reloaded: how, where and when How do ACL injuries occur in football? The most typical ACL injury mechanisms are non-contact (44%) in which players get injured in their interaction with the environment (important role of deceiving actions/distractions) and indirect contact...
1. Prevalence of binocular vision dysfunctions in professional football players Jorge J, Diaz-Rey A, Lira M. Clinical and Experimental Optometry Research Laboratory (Ceorlab), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Clin Exp Optom. 2021 Dec 9:1-7. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.2002667 This study examined the prevalence of binocular vision dysfunctions in 107 professional male...
Return to Play and Player Performance After Achilles Tendon Rupture in UEFA Professional Soccer Players: A Matched-Cohort Analysis of Players From 1999 to 2018. Forlenza EM, Lavoie-Gagne OZ, Lu Y, Diaz CC, Chahla J, Forsythe B Orthop J Sports Med. 2021 Sep 27;9(9):23259671211024199. doi: 10.1177/23259671211024199 This cohort study...