Objective We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological data of
injuries in professional male football. Method Forty-four studies have reported the incidence …

Background (1): Football is the most popular sport among men, associated with a certain risk
of injury, which leads to short-and long-term health consequences. While the injury profile of …

Background Despite being the most commonly incurred sports injury with a high recurrence
rate, there are no guidelines to inform return to sport (RTS) decisions following acute lateral …

Background (1): Men's football is a physically demanding contact sport that involves
intermittent bouts of sprinting, jogging, walking, jumping and changes of direction. The …

Hamstring injuries remain the most common injury type across many professional sports.
Despite a variety of intervention strategies, its incidence in soccer players playing in the …

Abstract Introduction Elite and Olympian athletes are often stretching the upper limits of
normal physiology and biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system in their efforts to excel …

Purpose Our study aimed to compare the immediate and prolonged effects of submaximal
eccentric (ECC) and concentric (CON) fatiguing protocols on the etiology of hamstrings' …

This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of injuries on a cohort of 123 Greek
team's professional football players during three consecutive seasons, 2015/16-to-2017/18 …

The goal of this paper is to determine the injury frequency rate in professional football
players in leagues and national competitions by analyzing existing papers. We have chosen …

Purpose: Compared with other sports, soccer is an activity with a relatively high incidence of
injury. To decrease the number of injuries, prevent early retirement, and provide a healthy …