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Injury prevention strategies at the FIFA 2014 World Cup: perceptions and practices of the physicians from the 32 participating national teams

PURPOSE: The available scientific research regarding injury prevention practices in international football is sparse. The purpose of this study was to quantify current practice with regard to (1) injury prevention of top-level footballers competing in an international tournament, and (2) determine t...

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Autores principales: McCall, Alan, Davison, Michael, Andersen, Thor Einar, Beasley, Ian, Bizzini, Mario, Dupont, Gregory, Duffield, Rob, Carling, Chris, Dvorak, Jiri
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094747
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author McCall, Alan
Davison, Michael
Andersen, Thor Einar
Beasley, Ian
Bizzini, Mario
Dupont, Gregory
Duffield, Rob
Carling, Chris
Dvorak, Jiri
author_facet McCall, Alan
Davison, Michael
Andersen, Thor Einar
Beasley, Ian
Bizzini, Mario
Dupont, Gregory
Duffield, Rob
Carling, Chris
Dvorak, Jiri
author_sort McCall, Alan
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description PURPOSE: The available scientific research regarding injury prevention practices in international football is sparse. The purpose of this study was to quantify current practice with regard to (1) injury prevention of top-level footballers competing in an international tournament, and (2) determine the main challenges and issues faced by practitioners in these national teams. METHODS: A survey was administered to physicians of the 32 competing national teams at the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The survey included 4 sections regarding perceptions and practices concerning non-contact injuries: (1) risk factors, (2) screening tests and monitoring tools, (3) preventative strategies and (4) reflection on their experience at the World Cup. RESULTS: Following responses from all teams (100%), the present study revealed the most important intrinsic (previous injury, accumulated fatigue, agonist:antagonist muscle imbalance) and extrinsic (reduced recovery time, training load prior to and during World Cup, congested fixtures) risk factors during the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The 5 most commonly used tests for risk factors were: flexibility, fitness, joint mobility, balance and strength; monitoring tools commonly used were: medical screen, minutes/matches played, subjective and objective wellness, heart rate and biochemical markers. The 5 most important preventative exercises were: flexibility, core, combined contractions, balance and eccentric. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that many of the National football (soccer) teams’ injury prevention perceptions and practices follow a coherent approach. There remains, however, a lack of consistent research findings to support some of these perceptions and practices.
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spelling pubmed-44137402015-05-11 Injury prevention strategies at the FIFA 2014 World Cup: perceptions and practices of the physicians from the 32 participating national teams McCall, Alan Davison, Michael Andersen, Thor Einar Beasley, Ian Bizzini, Mario Dupont, Gregory Duffield, Rob Carling, Chris Dvorak, Jiri Br J Sports Med Original Article PURPOSE: The available scientific research regarding injury prevention practices in international football is sparse. The purpose of this study was to quantify current practice with regard to (1) injury prevention of top-level footballers competing in an international tournament, and (2) determine the main challenges and issues faced by practitioners in these national teams. METHODS: A survey was administered to physicians of the 32 competing national teams at the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The survey included 4 sections regarding perceptions and practices concerning non-contact injuries: (1) risk factors, (2) screening tests and monitoring tools, (3) preventative strategies and (4) reflection on their experience at the World Cup. RESULTS: Following responses from all teams (100%), the present study revealed the most important intrinsic (previous injury, accumulated fatigue, agonist:antagonist muscle imbalance) and extrinsic (reduced recovery time, training load prior to and during World Cup, congested fixtures) risk factors during the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The 5 most commonly used tests for risk factors were: flexibility, fitness, joint mobility, balance and strength; monitoring tools commonly used were: medical screen, minutes/matches played, subjective and objective wellness, heart rate and biochemical markers. The 5 most important preventative exercises were: flexibility, core, combined contractions, balance and eccentric. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that many of the National football (soccer) teams’ injury prevention perceptions and practices follow a coherent approach. There remains, however, a lack of consistent research findings to support some of these perceptions and practices. BMJ Publishing Group 2015-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4413740/ /pubmed/25878078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094747 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Dupont, Gregory
Duffield, Rob
Carling, Chris
Dvorak, Jiri
Injury prevention strategies at the FIFA 2014 World Cup: perceptions and practices of the physicians from the 32 participating national teams
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2015-094747
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