How Effective are Exercise-Based Injury Prevention Programmes for Soccer Players?

AbstractPurpose. The aim of the study was to determine differences in anteroposterior spine curvatures between futsal players, soccer players, and non-training students. The results may contribute to the development of present-day knowledge of posturometry, and its implementation in training can help reduce the risk of body posture disorders in athletes. Methods. The examined group consisted of 48 athletes and 38 non-training college students. Body posture parameters were measured with the use of Posturometr-S. The normality of distribution was checked with the Shapiro-Wilk test, and the differences between the groups were measured with ANOVA and the Bonferroni post-hoc test. The level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results. The analysis of angle values revealed the widest and most similar measurements in the group of futsal players and soccer players. The analysis of variance proved statistically significant differences between the soccer players and futsal players (p = 0.003). The difference between the soccer players and non-training students was statistically significant. The highest γ angular value was measured in non-training students, followed by futsal players and soccer players. The statistical analysis revealed significant differences between the non-training students and futsal players, as well as non-training students and soccer players (p < 0.001). Conclusions. A complex assessment of athletes’ body posture is crucial in injury prevention. Training overloads may often lead to disorders of the organ of locomotion and affect the correct body posture in athletes. This, in turn, may result in pains and injuries.

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Abdominal belts for manual handling in industry: The evidence for and against

South African Journal of Physiotherapy ◽

10.4102/sajp.v54i2.594 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 12-15

Author(s):

R. S. Bridger

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Field Studies ◽

Injured Workers ◽

Theoretical Discussion ◽

Back School ◽

Prevention Programmes ◽

Manual Handling ◽

Back Problems ◽

School Training

The paper reviews research on the use of abdominal belts for industrial back injury prevention programmes. The evidence for biomechanical, physiological and psychophysical effects of belt use is presented, following a brief theoretical discussion. Although there is some laboratory evidence that abdominal belts protect the spine when lifting, the findings of field studies are equivocal. Previously injured workers seem to benefit the most both from "back school" training combined with wearing abdominal belts at work. However, far from being the solution to industrial manual handling problems, abdominal belts have only a small part to play in comprehensive risk management programmes aimed at reducing back problems in the workplace.

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The bumpy road to effective hamstring injury prevention in male amateur soccer players

10.33540/27 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

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Peter Alexander van de Hoef

Keyword(s):

Injury Prevention ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Hamstring Injury

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Eccentric-Overload Production during the Flywheel Squat Exercise in Young Soccer Players: Implications for Injury Prevention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17103671 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (10) ◽

pp. 3671

Author(s):

Javier Raya-González ◽

Daniel Castillo ◽

Marta Domínguez-Díez ◽

José Luis Hernández-Davó

Keyword(s):

Injury Prevention ◽

Peak Power ◽

Power Production ◽

The Other ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Other Hand ◽

Squat Exercise ◽

Resistance Exercises ◽

Eccentric Overload

This study aimed to evaluate the differences in power production between movement phases (i.e., concentric and eccentric) during the execution of resistance exercises with a flywheel device, differentiating between execution regimes (i.e., bilateral, unilateral dominant leg and unilateral non-dominant leg). Twenty young elite soccer players (U−17) performed two sets of six repetitions of the bilateral half-squat (inertia 0.025 kg·m−2) and the lateral-squat exercise (inertia 0.010 kg·m−2) on a flywheel device. During the testing sessions, mean and peak power in concentric (MPcon) and eccentric (MPecc) phases were recorded. The non-dominant leg showed higher values in all power variables measured, although substantial differences were only found in MPecc (ES = 0.40, likely) and PPcon (ES = 0.36, possibly). On the other hand, for both exercises, MPcon was higher than MPecc (ES = −0.57 to −0.31, possibly/likely greater), while only PPecc was higher than PPcon in the dominant lateral-squat (ES = 0.44, likely). These findings suggest that young soccer players have difficulty in reaching eccentric-overload during flywheel exercises, achieving it only with the dominant leg. Therefore, coaches should propose precise preventive programs based on flywheel devices, attending to the specific characteristics of each limb, as well as managing other variables to elicit eccentric-overload.

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Sensorimotor training for injury prevention in collegiate soccer players: An experimental study

Physical Therapy in Sport ◽

10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.09.012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 184-192 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jennifer C. Reneker ◽

Ryan Babl ◽

W. Cody Pannell ◽

Felix Adah ◽

Meredith M. Flowers ◽

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Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Sensorimotor Training

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Injury prevention effects of stretching exercise intervention by physical therapists in male high school soccer players

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ◽

10.1111/sms.13777 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (11) ◽

pp. 2178-2192

Author(s):

Nobuhide Azuma ◽

Fujiko Someya

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Exercise Intervention ◽

Physical Therapists ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Male High School

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FAIR PLAY AS AN INJURY PREVENTION INTERVENTION: DO YELLOW CARD ACCUMULATION POLICIES REDUCE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER INJURIES?

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine ◽

10.1177/2325967120s00225 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4_suppl3) ◽

pp. 2325967120S0022

Author(s):

Peter K. Kriz ◽

Jingzhen Yang ◽

Alan Arakkal ◽

Timothy Keeley ◽

R. Dawn Comstock

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Fair Play ◽

Yellow Card ◽

Time Loss ◽

Severe Injuries ◽

Injury Rates ◽

Illegal Activity ◽

The Impact

Background: Pediatric sports-related injuries are common, yet prevention efforts too often go unevaluated. Collins et al. studied nine U.S. high school (HS) sports during 2005/06-2006/07, finding boys’ and girls’ soccer had the highest injury rates related to illegal activity. Several states have implemented yellow card accumulation policies (YCPs) in an effort to prevent injuries. Hypothesis/Purpose: Purpose: Evaluate the effectiveness of YCPs in reducing HS soccer competition injuries by comparing injury rates and patterns in states with and without YCPs. Hypotheses: Athlete-athlete contact injury rates are lower in states with YCPs Severe injuries (concussion, fracture, ACL, injury requiring surgery, injury resulting in > 3 weeks’ time loss) are less prevalent in states with YCPs Gender differences influence the effectiveness of YCPs Methods: Retrospective cohort study of NHFS member state association HS soccer players injured during competition in 2005/06-2017/18. Athlete exposure (AEs) and injury data collected from a national sports injury surveillance system, High School RIO. Poisson regression assessed the effects of YCPs on injury rates and patterns. Results: Of 50 NFHS member states associations, high schools from 47 were represented. Overall, 901 athlete-athlete contact injuries occurred during 352,775 competition AEs in states with YCPs and 3,525 during 1,459,708 AEs in states without YCPs. There was no significant difference in overall contact injury rates (rate ratio [RR] 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.98-1.14) between schools in states with and without YCPs. A small, significant increase in overall contact injury rates was discernable after states’ adoption of YCPs (RR 1.17; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.34), particularly in boys’ soccer (RR 1.32; 95% CI 1.08-1.62). A significantly lower proportion of injuries resulting in > 3 weeks’ time loss occurred in states with YCPs (injury proportion ratio [IPR] 0.81; p=0.047), while other severe injuries did not differ. There were no significant differences in YCPs’ effect by gender (p=0.319). Conclusion: Among HS boys’ and girls’ soccer players, playing in states with YCPs did not lower athlete-athlete contact injury rates, although injuries resulting in > 3 weeks’ time loss were less prevalent in states with YCPs. Athlete-athlete contact injury rates were slightly higher in states following adoption of YCPs, particularly in boys’ soccer. Enactment of YCPs alone, without proper enforcement, may not be a sufficient injury prevention strategy. Further studies assessing the impact of HS soccer YCPs need to consider the effects of state level YCP enforcement, documented illegal activity/foul play, and Fair Play education. Tables/Figures: [Table: see text][Table: see text][Table: see text]

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