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Risk factors for hamstring strain injury in male college American football players -a preliminary prospective cohort study-

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Background Given the frequency of hamstring strain injuries (HSI) among male college American football players, several studies have attempted to determine whether certain risk factors can predict their occurrence.
Yuri Mizutani   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injury epidemiology in professional football in South America compared with Europe

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2021
Objective To describe the injury epidemiology in professional football in South America and compare it with European professional football.Methods Data about football exposures and injury occurrences were registered in Six teams participating in Copa ...
Jan Ekstrand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological similarities and differences of young players from selected sport team games

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
Introduction: Body physique is an important determinant of sports success. Knowledge in this area enables the effective selection of players for various sports disciplines. Aim: Using a multidimensional perspective, to determine the degree of variation
Jarosław Domaradzki   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Effect of repeated head impacts on amount of cervical vertebral translation among collegiate American football players

open access: yesJournal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2023
American football is associated with a high risk of cervical injuries. In order to prevent these injuries, head acceleration during head impacts is currently being studied, but no studies have examined the effects on the neck.
Saaya Umeoka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of American Football Injuries at Universities in the United Kingdom

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Background: College-level American football injury data are routinely collected; however, data relating to American football injuries at universities in the United Kingdom have never been reported.
John M. Bayram MBChB   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial: Fatigue and Recovery in Football

open access: yesSports, 2019
The football codes (soccer, American football, Australian rules football, rugby league, and union and Gaelic football) are intermittent team sports with bouts of high-intensity activity interspersed with low-intensity activities or rest [...]
Neil Clarke, Mark Noon
doaj   +1 more source

Y-Balance Test Performance Does Not Determine Non-Contact Lower Quadrant Injury in Collegiate American Football Players

open access: yesSports, 2020
Collegiate American football has a high rate of injury. The Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test (YBT-LQ), a dynamic assessment of lower extremity strength, mobility, and balance, has been purported to identify athletes at risk for injury in different sports ...
Lace E Luedke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to Rescue American Football [PDF]

open access: yesCureus, 2016
Blows to the head damage the brain. American football is a contact/collision sport that produces many injuries, including to the brain. Football has many supporters who cite important redeeming characteristics of the activity. Public attention to the hazards of children and adults playing football has heightend recently due to many new scientific ...
Lundberg, George D, Metzner, David
openaire   +2 more sources

Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Older adults (OA) represent a core priority group for physical activity and Public Health policy. As a result, significant interest is placed on how to optimise adherence to interventions promoting these approaches.
Parnell, Daniel   +26 more
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Positional differences in anticipation timing, reaction time and dynamic balance of American football players

open access: yesPedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the coinciding anticipation timing (CAT), reaction time and dynamic balance performances of American football players according to their playing positions.
Halil İ. Ceylan, Ahmet R. Günay
doaj   +1 more source

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