A double-blind trial of ibuprofen and aspirin in the treatment of soft-tissue injuries sustained in professional football.

Of ten thousand patients seen in the Orthopaedic Department of the Middlesbrough General Hospital, about one thousand are sportsmen, and overall the majority suffer an injury or disease of the collagen tissues with or without bone involvement. An important factor in soft-tissue lesions is the bio-feedback neurological mechanisms controlling joint movement, bone and muscle growth, and calcification of bone.