OBJECTIVE To profile training habits and injuries in football players participating in a national Masters tournament. METHODS A cross-sectional retrospective study design was used to survey male football players attending the 2008 New Zealand Masters Games. Information regarding player demographics, football injuries, football related training, and risk factors for injury were collected. RE...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, doping is an intricate dilemma. Football is the nationally popular sport in Iran. On the other hand, doping is a serious health hazard sport faces today. Studies dealing with athletes' knowledge, attitudes and behavior concerning doping in football are scarce. OBJECTIVES Therefore, we aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes toward doping among the football coache...

OBJECTIVE To examine the number and rate of neck injuries in the community as a whole for ice hockey, soccer, and American football by analysing data from patients presenting to emergency departments in the United States from 1990 to 1999. METHODS Data compiled for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission were used to generate estimates for the total number of neck injuries and the more spec...

BACKGROUND The role of trigger factors in acute cardiovascular events has been much studied in the past few years. A recent study analysed changes in the rates of cardiac emergencies in Bavaria (Germany) during the last Football World Cup. The authors reported a 2.7-fold increase in the incidence of cardiac emergencies in the 12 h before and after football matches involving the German team, whi...

American football remains one of the most popular sports for young athletes. The injuries sustained during football, especially those to the head and neck, have been a topic of intense interest recently in both the public media and medical literature. The recognition of these injuries and the potential for longterm sequelae have led some physicians to call for a reduction in the number of conta...

Background. Sports injuries, in addition to the economic cost which they incur for football clubs, appear to be linked to a worse collective performance during the season. Objectives. The aim of this study was to determine the injury incidence in a professional football team during 4 consecutive seasons. Methods. A total of 109 football players aged about 25 ± 4 years, having experienc...

Technology in football has been debated by pundits, players and fans all over the world for the past decade. FIFA has recently commissioned the use of ‘Hawk-Eye’ and ‘Goal Ref’ goal line technology systems at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. This paper gives an in depth evaluation of the possible technologies that could be used in football and determines the potential benefits and implications the...

OBJECTIVES Football has the highest sports participation (10.6%) in Ireland ahead of its Gaelic counterpart (3.9%). Research into injury incidence and patterns in Irish football is non-existent. The aim of this study was to conduct a prospective injury audit of League of Ireland (semiprofessional) footballers during the 2014 season (8 months, 28 games). METHODS A total of 140 semiprofessional...

BACKGROUND Athletes are known to use over-the-counter pain medication. However, the frequency of such use among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football athletes is unknown. HYPOTHESIS NCAA Division I-A football athletes who use nonprescription analgesics for pain misuse these medications. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS The football players (N, 14...