Football Science Institute (FSI) is delighted to announce the signing of an educational alliance with Slavia Praha to promote excellence in sport science in football through education, scientific collaborations, and internships. Slavia Praha is a professional football club based in the Czech Republic's capital city, Prague....

  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...

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