Soccer research in exercise science has focused on men's soccer, while women's soccer has been underrepresented in training studies, as well as in studies focusing on physiological variables. The purpose of this study was to examine anthropometric data and selected physiological and biomechanical variables of importance as they correlates to performance variables such as ball velocity and dista...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate differences in recovery in male and female soccer athletes. HYPOTHESES Soccer players with a history of concussion will perform worse on neurocognitive testing than players without a history of concussion. Furthermore, female athletes will demonstrate poorer performance on neurocognitive testing than male athletes. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study ...

This paper presents a new media production for sports event like a soccer match. Multiple cameras capture a soccer match at stadium. The soccer match can be observed at arbitrary viewpoints selected by each viewer. Video at the arbitrary viewpoints is synthesized from the videos captured with the actual cameras by image-based view interpolation technique. Our view interpolation method does not ...

In this paper, the nearest neighbor algorithm is used to evaluate soccer talents for suitable positions. In other words, the nearest neighbor algorithm is used as a suitable tool to investigate which position is suitable for a player considering his skills and characteristics. The combination of the information provided by some papers was used to specify the characteristics of each soccer playe...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presupposed preventive residual mechanical effectiveness of the widespread use of adhesive elastic ankle tape after a nonlaboratory, realistic soccer-specific outfield intervention reflecting a soccer halftime. DESIGN A prospective nonrandomized test-retest design was used. SETTING Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Seventeen professional male outfield players (mean age, 2...

BACKGROUND The Latino Health for All (LHFA) Coalition used a community-based participatory approach to develop an action plan for addressing chronic disease among Latinos in Kansas City. OBJECTIVES This study examines the development and implementation of community-based soccer sessions for youth (ages 6-15) by an academic partner from the coalition and a community partner from a nonprofit yo...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to report the characteristics, treatment, and anatomical and functional outcomes of outdoor amateur soccer players with soccer ball-related posterior segment ocular trauma. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of 22 patients with diagnoses of closed-globe ocular trauma caused by soccer play activity from 2004 through 2008. Injuries were classif...

The relationship between soccer and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is not well established. We report clinicopathological correlations in an 83-year-old retired center-back soccer player, with no history of concussion, manifesting typical Alzheimer-type dementia. Examination revealed mixed pathology including widespread CTE, moderate Alzheimer's disease, hippocampal sclerosis, and TDP-4...

Injury rates in youth soccer, known as football outside the United States, are higher than in many other contact/collision sports and have greater relative numbers in younger, preadolescent players. With regard to musculoskeletal injuries, young females tend to suffer more knee injuries, and young males suffer more ankle injuries. Concussions are fairly prevalent in soccer as a result of contac...

BACKGROUND Soccer heading has been proposed as a potential cause of cerebral dysfunction. OBJECTIVE To examine the acute effects of two types of soccer heading on postural control. METHODS Collegiate soccer players were randomly assigned to one of four groups: control, linear heading, simulated rotational heading, or rotational heading. Each subject completed a baseline postural stability a...