ABSTRACT Introduction Sports injuries in soccer are hardly avoided due to the characteristics of battles, such as intense conflict and high-level competitiveness related soccer. Objective Investigate most common sports professional players. Methods A questionnaire survey was carried out with 365 valid returns, including 198 male 177 female Data were collected distributed using Excel software. R...

The study aimed to evaluate the effect of a short-term oral creation (Cr) supplementation on body mass and maximal performance in professional soccer players. Using a double blind randomised placebo-controlled trial, 16 male professional soccer players (8 Cr, mean age, 22.5 years; 8 placebo, 22.8 years), highly trained, were tested before (T1) and after (T2) a five days oral Cr (or placebo) sup...

Secular changes in body size, estimated fatness, skeletal maturation, and functional characteristics of youth soccer players on entry into an elite academy between 1992 and 2003 were compared. Annual selections grouped across time (1992-1995, 1996-1998, 1999-2003), playing position (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward), and by eventual status in the sport (professional, non-professional) ...

Strength imbalances between the hamstrings and quadriceps are an essential predictor for hamstring strain in soccer. The study aimed to investigate and compare the muscle strength imbalances of professional soccer players of different performance levels. One hundred and fifty nine senior male professional soccer players from first (n = 75) and second league (n = 84) Portuguese clubs participate...

The present study aimed to examine the influence of lateral dominance for ball kicking on the cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of thigh and trunk muscles in Japanese elite youth and professional soccer players, and to clarify the difference between the 2 groups in the muscle CSAs of the 2 body segments in relation to that in lean body mass (LBM). The CSAs of 4 (rectus abdominis, oblique, psoas majo...

There are not enough studies that describe the isokinetic strength of professional soccer players at high angular velocities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the seasonal changes in isokinetic strength of Turkish professional soccer players (n=14) over the course of a 24-week soccer season. The isokinetic strength of players who underwent usual soccer training and weekly competition t...

BACKGROUND No previous research has analysed kinetic fatigue of elite adult players and elite youth players during the competitive period. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to analyse kinetic post-match fatigue in professional and youth soccer players during the competitive period. MATERIALS AND METHODS resting heart rate (HRrest), post-effort recovery heart rate (HRrecovery), rat...

Executive functions might be important for successful performance in sports, particularly in team sports requiring quick anticipation and adaptation to continuously changing situations in the field. The executive functions motor inhibition, attention and visuospatial working memory were examined in highly talented soccer players. Eighty-four highly talented youth soccer players (mean age 11.9),...