Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care. Bullock GS, Hughes T, Arundale AH, Ward P, Collins GS, Kluzek S. Sports Med. 2022 Feb 17. doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01655-6. In this Current Opinion article,...
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...
Beyond Distance: A Simple Qualitative Assessment of the Single-Leg Hop Test in Return-to-Play Testing. Paolo SD, Zaffagnini S, Tosarelli F, Grassi A, Della Villa F . Sports Health. 2022 Jan 26:19417381211063450. doi: 10.1177/19417381211063450 This study on competitive football (soccer) players found that a 2D qualitative assessment performed...
Measurement properties of external training load variables during standardised games in soccer: Implications for training and monitoring strategies. Clubb J, Towlson C, Barrett S. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia & Football Science Institute PLoS One. 2022 Jan 21;17(1):e0262274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262274 This study assesses the measurement properties of external...
The Portuguese club, currently in the process of sports development and with ambitions to rise to the top category, will rely on FSI for the training and counsel of its coaches in the areas of physical performance and health. In addition, FSI graduate students will...
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! ...
1. Cam morphology is associated with MRI-defined cartilage defects and labral tears: a case-control study of 237 young adult football players with and without hip and groin pain Heerey J et al La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2021 Dec 15;7(4):e001199. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001199 In...
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...
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...
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,...