Examination of the validity of the Injury-Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport (I-PRRS) scale in male professional football players: A worldwide study of 29 professional teams
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Dunlop, G., Ivarsson, A., Einar Andersen, T., Brown, S., O’Driscoll, G., Lewin, C., …McCall, A. (2023)
Examination of the validity of the Injury-Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport (I-PRRS) scale in male professional football players: A worldwide study of 29 professional teams. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41, 1906-1914. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2024.2307764
Perceived confidence is an important dimension of an athlete’s psychological readiness to return-to-play. However, there is no established and validated tool to evaluate confi...
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020
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Waldén, M., Mountjoy, M., McCall, A., Serner, A., Massey, A., Tol, J. L., …Andersen, T. E. (2023)
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(21), 1341-1350. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106405
Several sports have published consensus statements on methods and reporting of epidemiological studies concerning injuries and illnesses with football (soccer) producing one o...
Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review
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Aiello, F., Impellizzeri, F. M., Brown, S. J., Serner, A., & Mccall, A. (in press)
Injury-inciting activities in male and female football players: a systematic review. Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01753-5
Background
A comprehensive examination of the sport-specific activities performed at the time of injury is important to hypothesise injury mechanisms, develop prevention strat...
A targeted metabolic analysis of football players and its association to player load: Comparison between women and men profiles
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Rodas, G., Ferrer, E., Reche, X., Sanjuan-Herráez, J. D., McCall, A., & Quintás, G. (2022)
A targeted metabolic analysis of football players and its association to player load: Comparison between women and men profiles. Frontiers in Physiology, 13, Article 923608. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.923608
Professional athletes undertake a variety of training programs to enhance their physical performance, technical-tactical skills, while protecting their health and well-being. ...
Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown and Restart on the Injury Incidence and Injury Burden in Men’s Professional Football Leagues in 2020: The UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
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Waldén, M., Ekstrand, J., Hägglund, M., McCall, A., Davison, M., Hallén, A., & Bengtsson, H. (2022)
Influence of the COVID-19 Lockdown and Restart on the Injury Incidence and Injury Burden in Men’s Professional Football Leagues in 2020: The UEFA Elite Club Injury Study. Sports Medicine - Open, 8(1), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00457-4
Background
Studies on football and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have mainly focused on the lockdown consequences for player fitness, the resumption of football trai...
Recovery During a Congested Schedule and Injury in Professional Football
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Delaval, B., Abaïdia, A., Delecroix, B., Le Gall, F., McCall, A., Ahmaidi, S., & Dupont, G. (2022)
Recovery During a Congested Schedule and Injury in Professional Football. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 17(9), 1399-1406. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2021-0504
Purpose: To analyze the relationships between the recovery kinetics experienced by professional football players and noncontact injury. Methods: A cohort of 46 professional fo...
Drop-out from team sport among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies
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Back, J., Johnson, U., Svedberg, P., McCall, A., & Ivarsson, A. (2022)
Drop-out from team sport among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, Article 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102205
During the last decades, an increased drop-out rate in adolescents' team sport participation is observed. Given the potential adverse consequences of drop-out from team sport ...
Can we evidence-base injury prevention and management in women’s football? A scoping review
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Okholm Kryger, K., Wang, A., Mehta, R., Impellizzeri, F., Massey, A., Harrison, M., …McCall, A. (in press)
Can we evidence-base injury prevention and management in women’s football? A scoping review. Research in Sports Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2022.2038161
This review aimed, as part of a larger FIFA project aiming to steer women’s football research, to scope literature on any level of competitive football for women, to understan...
The Assessment, Management and Prevention of Calf Muscle Strain Injuries: A Qualitative Study of the Practices and Perspectives of 20 Expert Sports Clinicians
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Green, B., McClelland, J. A., Semciw, A. I., Schache, A. G., McCall, A., & Pizzari, T. (2022)
The Assessment, Management and Prevention of Calf Muscle Strain Injuries: A Qualitative Study of the Practices and Perspectives of 20 Expert Sports Clinicians. Sports Medicine - Open, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-021-00364-0
Background
Despite calf muscle strain injuries (CMSI) being problematic in many sports, there is a dearth of research to guide clinicians dealing with these injuries. The aim ...
Mental health and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: A survey case report of high-level male and female players of an Italian Serie A football club
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Ivarsson, A., McCall, A., Mutch, S., Giuliani, A., Bassetto, R., & Fanchini, M. (2021)
Mental health and well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: A survey case report of high-level male and female players of an Italian Serie A football club. Science and Medicine in Football, 5, 70-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2021.1962540
Objectives
To describe high-level footballers’ levels and changes in mental health and well-being throughout a 8-week period of lockdown and restricted training during the COV...