Keywords: football, injury, Europe This blog outlines research involving 3,909 professional male football players across 54 Champions League teams in Europe over 21 consecutive seasons. The main aim was to evaluate the time trends of hamstring muscle injuries. Our report from the Elite Club Injury Study (ECIS), recently published in BJSM, was initiated, and funded by […]
Tag: Football
Moving towards a triplanar view of hamstring strain injuries
Broadening understanding beyond simply ‘sprint’ and ‘stretch’ type injuries may impact injury prevention, rehabilitation, and diagnosis History of hamstring injury mechanisms Since 2006, we have known that the mechanism of injury impacts functional deficits, injury location and time to return to play (1-4) . At that point, these mechanisms were viewed as sprint type (occurring, […]
Football AS Medicine… Or is that Football IS Medicine? Does it even matter?!
YES! And make it a double yes! 2019 was a great year for the Football is Medicine (FIM) initiative: starting with the success of the second conference in Odense, Denmark back in January 25-26, to working with the most productive soccer scientists in the world to advance the field. 2019 ended beautifully for the […]
Returning to play in 2019 with Dr Clare Ardern. Why not catch this week’s BJSM Podcast?
On this week’s BJSM podcast, the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) Editor In Chief (EIC) elect Dr Clare Ardern PhD (T: @clare_ardern) helps clinicians address the difficult questions about return to play (RTP). In this 27-minute podcast Dr Ardern discusses: Tips for clinicians when approaching RTP with athletes (and here is […]
#GISPT19 International Conference / Advances in Sport Rehabilitation: Football Symposium
After the success of the first two editions, the Advances in Sport Rehabilitation Football Symposium is back! The congress takes place this June in the heart of Verona, in the historical palace of Gran Guardia. This year, discussions will revolve around Rehabilitation and Return to Sport in the world of Football. We’ve partnered with Group of Italian Sports (GIS), The British Journal […]
#FootballMedicine meets the Universe of Sport
Interested, or working within #FootballMedicine? We’d suggest you get to Wembley for the end of April! The Isokinetic Medical Group’s annual #FootballMedicine conference returns to another iconic sporting arena in London having recently held at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Wembley Stadium will host three days of top Sports Medicine CPD, this year looking outside the […]
Gunning for cutting-edge Sports Medicine CPD? Join us at #AFCSEMS19
Are you looking for a conference that combines cutting edge content, world-leading experts & an inspiring setting? Over the years, the Arsenal Performance & Research team have consistently delivered practice-influencing events, as well as a great insight into Sports Medicine practice at the top table of elite sport, with blogs, podcasts, & scientific papers […]
A roadmap to a job in professional football: our story and 4 ways to help you get there!
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport By Portsmouth Football Club Physiotherapists Jack Hughes and Will Harlow-Trigg Maps can show you the different routes to your destination, but, they don’t tell youwhere to go. They inform you about your options, and there is usually more than one way to get […]
Concussion: management and mismanagement at FIFA World Cup 2018
BJSM Undergraduate Perspective of SEM Blog Series – FIFA World Cup 2018 Discussion By Jeff Cullen @jeffcullen0 The main medical issue at the World Cup 2018 in Russia thus far has, not surprisingly due to the media coverage, been the management of concussion. The 2017 Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) consensus statement1 describes Sport Related Concussion as […]
Are soccer players going the extra mile in extra-time?
By Mark Russell 1 @drmarkru55ell and Liam D. Harper 2 @lharper89 1 School of Social and Health Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 5HD 2 School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH With the FIFA World Cup about to enter the knockout stages, there is a very […]