OBJECTIVE A study to examine the incidence and characteristics of concussions among Canadian university athletes during 1 full year of football and soccer participation. DESIGN Retrospective survey. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred eighty Canadian university football and 240 Canadian university soccer players reporting to 1999 fall training camp. Of these, 328 football and 201 soccer players retu...

The purpose of this study was: 1) to collect baseline data on nutrient intake in order to advise athletes about nutrition practices that might enhance performance, and 2) to evaluate the dietary iron intake and blood iron status of Japanese collegiate soccer players. The subjects were 31 soccer players and 15 controls. Dietary information was obtained with a food frequency questionnaire. The me...

BACKGROUND Adductor-related pain is the most common clinical finding in soccer players with groin pain and can be a long-standing problem affecting physical function and performance. Hip adductor weakness has been suggested to be associated with this clinical entity, although it has never been investigated. PURPOSE To investigate whether isometric and eccentric hip strength are decreased in s...

The purpose of this study was to compare performance factors of youth soccer players according to position. A total of 101 high school soccer players were selected and were classified into goalkeeper (n=7), defense (n=37), midfield (n=39), and forward (n=18) positions. All subjects were subjected to the Wingate test for anaerobic capacity, shuttle run test for aerobic capacity, and pass, kick, ...

Background: Little information is available on the results of microfracture in competitive football (soccer) players. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of this technique to restore joint function to a level that allows return to this popular highimpact sport. Methods: This article provides an overview of the basic science and the current published scientific evidence for articular cartilage rep...

the aim of this study was to assess the effect of four weeks of high intensity aerobic interval football training on aerobic performance indices in soccer players. 18 soccer players in iran azadegan league (age 21.88+2.24 yr, height 174.22+5.33 cm, weight 67.7+5.7 kg, body fat percent 12.38+3.29) volunteered to participate in this study and divided into two groups (training, 12 players; control...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between age and the soccer performance of elite male soccer players were playing with an emphasis on post. sample of 396 soccer players (36 goalkeeper, 168 defenders, 123 midfielders and 69 forwards) participating in the 2010 world cup in south africa, with a mean age of 27.23 ± 3.71 years, height 181.45 ± 6.43 cm and body mass 75.89 ± 6.4...

the aim of this study was to design a program to educate emotion management and to evaluate its effectiveness on controlling anger and mental health in soccer players. the method of this study was quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest with control group. the population consisted of all players of soccer teams in adult premier league in 2014. 40 players of soccer teams in premier league were sele...

INTRODUCTION nutritional intake and status of soccer players has attracted not much research attention. Many soccer players follow an inadequate nutritional intake and have a poor nutritional status. This is relevant in youngsters soccer players, in order to improve performance and promote healthy dietary practices. AIMS analyze anthropometric characterizes, evaluate nutritional intake and st...

BACKGROUND During a soccer game, the cardiovascular system is severely taxed The referees must be alert and their level of fitness must be such that fatigue will not impair their decision-making. Referee's peak overall performance is usually after 40 when the performance starts to decline. We evaluated the morphological and functional cardiac profile of professional soccer referees. MATERIALS...