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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
core   +2 more sources

Stretch‐shortening cycle force–time and power–time waveform analysis indicates limitations of the contralateral limb benchmark in athletes with ACL injury

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Unilateral countermovement jump (CMJsingle) testing is commonly used after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) to assess stretch‐shortening cycle (SSC) function and return‐to‐sport readiness. However, the impact of ACLR on contralateral limb SSC function is poorly understood, which may impact the utility of the ...
Shadan Al‐Saket   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A survey of referee participation, training and injury in elite gaelic games referees

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2009
Background Referees in Gaelic games are exposed to injury risk in match-play and training. Little is currently know about the degree of exposure or the prevalence of injury in this group.
Gissane Conor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Second ACL injuries in football players after ACL reconstruction: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To determine the incidence of second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in football players after index ACL reconstruction (ACLR). Secondary objectives were to assess second ACL injury rates across subgroups (laterality, sex, age, playing level, graft type, return to play [RTP] and follow‐up duration) and to review factors ...
Adolfo López Personat   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Match Physical Responses of International Referees for Footballers with Cerebral Palsy: A Tournaments and Halves Comparative Analysis

open access: yesSensors
Similar to conventional football, the modality dedicated to footballers with cerebral palsy (CP) requires referees who cope with the physical demands imposed during competitive matches to apply the rules of the game.
Matías Henríquez   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career?

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Sport Science, 2017
Against the background that the number of referees has been falling in recent years, the German Football Association (DFB) needs to answer two key questions: (i) Why do referees end their careers, and, (ii) which factors determine the duration of referee
Christian Rullang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anterior cruciate ligament revision risk is associated with mismatch between hamstring graft size and body size in football players

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the association between hamstring autograft diameter and the risk of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) in football players, and to determine whether this relationship differs according to sex and height.
Alexander Sandon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current concepts in isolated and combined injuries of the medial collateral ligament complex—Part I: Anatomy, biomechanics, clinical and radiological examination of the medial collateral ligament of the knee

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Injuries involving the medial collateral ligament (MCL), or combined injuries to both the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and MCL, are common and present considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Better understanding of MCL anatomy and biomechanics, especially in combined ACL–MCL injuries, has driven the need for updated clinical ...
Armin Runer   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited predictive value of preseason isokinetic strength testing for noncontact lower extremity injuries in elite female football players: A 5‐year prospective cohort study

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate associations between preseason isokinetic strength and subsequent noncontact lower extremity injuries in professional and elite youth female football players. Methods In this prospective study, 271 players (professional, under 20 [U20], under 17 [U17]) underwent preseason isokinetic testing over five seasons ...
Jonas Seiler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of referees on the final score in football

open access: yesEstudios económicos, 2018
This paper examines whether there exists favouritism by individual referees in favour of the home team in Argentina’s first division football (soccer) league. We study 936 matches between 2008 and 2010, and run both ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage least squares (2-SLS) specifications.
Matías Fontenla, Germán M. Izón
openaire   +4 more sources

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