Football is the most popular sport worldwide. The earliest described form of the game comes from a military manual during the Han Dynasty in China dating to the second or third century BC (www.fifa.com).
The purpose of this thesis was to study the injury characteristics in elite football, and risk factors for injury with special emphasis on anterior cruciate ligament injury. All five papers followed a prospective design using a standardised methodology. Individual training and match exposure was recorded for all players participating as well as all injuries resulting in time loss. Severe injury was defined as absence from play longer than 4 weeks…
Contents
INTRODUCTION
History of football
Game of football
Football calendar
LIST OF PAPERS
DESCRIPTION OF CONTRIBUTION
REVIEW OF PAPERS
Paper I
Paper II
Paper III
Paper IV
Paper V
ABBREVIATIONS
BACKGROUND
Sports injury surveillance
Injury definition
Exposure and injury incidence
Data collection
Risk of football injury
Nature of football injury
Circumstances of football injury
Severity of football injury
Consequences of football injury
Risk factors for football injury
Prevention of football injury
AIMS OF THE THESIS
General
Specific
SUBJECTS
METHODS
Inclusion criteria
Study forms
Definitions
STATISTICS AND ETHICS
Statistical methods
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RESULTS
Paper I
Paper II
Paper III
Paper IV
Paper V
DISCUSSION
Sports injury surveillance
Injury definition
Exposure and injury incidence
Data collection
Risk of football injury
Nature of football injury
Circumstances of football injury
Severity of football injury
Consequences of football injury
Risk factors for football injury
Prevention of football injury
CONCLUSIONS
SUMMARY
SUMMARY IN SWEDISH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Author: Waldén, Markus
Source: Linköping University
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