The Effect of Maximal Leg Press Strength Training on Bilateral Deficit by Erdal Arı, Hamit Cihan, İbrahim Can, Rasim Kale

“…For this reason, 34 amateur soccer player (age = 17 ± 2.51 years) were divided into three groups as bilateral training group (n=14), unilateral training group (n=10) and control group (n=10). …”
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Lumbar Spondylolysis in Juveniles from the Same Family: A Report of Three Cases and a Review of the Literature by Atsuhisa Yamada, Koichi Sairyo, Isao Shibuya, Ko Kato, Akira Dezawa, Toshinori Sakai

“…The first boy, a 13-year-old soccer player, was diagnosed with terminal stage L5 bilateral spondylolysis with grade 1 slippage. …”
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Low-Load Blood-flow Restriction Training for Medial Tibial Stress-Syndrome in Athletes: A Case Series by Anders F. Brekke, Johanne Bjørklund, Rosa C. Holse, Christian Larsen, Mikkel H. Hjortshoej

“… # Study design Case series # Methods Six recreational athletes (one handball player, one soccer player, and four runners) with MTSS were recruited. …”
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Sacral Stress Fracture following the Bone Union of Lumbar Spondylolysis by Tatsuro Sasaji, Hideki Imaizumi, Hiroyuki Takano, Hideo Saitoh, Taishi Murakami, Ryuichi Kanabuchi, Motohiko Sekiya

“…He was a high school soccer player with a previous history of a bilateral L5 lumbar spondylolysis in 2014. …”
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Neuromuscular Coordination Deficit Persists 12 Months after ACL Reconstruction But Can Be Modulated by 6 Weeks of Kettlebell Training: A Case Study in Women’s Elite Soccer by Mette K. Zebis, Christoffer H. Andersen, Jesper Bencke, Christina Ørntoft, Connie Linnebjerg, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg, Per Aagaard, Lars L. Andersen

“…The aim of the present single-case study was to investigate the effect of 6 weeks’ kettlebell training on the neuromuscular risk profile for ACL injury in a high-risk athlete returning to sport after ACL reconstruction. A female elite soccer player (age 21 years) with no previous history of ACL injury went through neuromuscular screening as measured by EMG preactivity of vastus lateralis and semitendinosus during a standardized sidecutting maneuver. …”
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Investıgatıon of Balance Performance in Soccer in Terms of Posıtıonal Dıfferences by Ömer Çalışkan, Veysel Böge

“…The aim of this study was to determine the dominant and non-dominant foot data in young soccer players and to investigate their relationship with each other. …”
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Acute effects of bout duration in small-sided games on physiological and kinematic responses by Osman Yılmaz

“…Twenty-four amateur soccer players (age = 16.83 ± 0.381 years; height= 175.83 ± 6.75; weight: 66.21 ± 7.19; body mass index; 21.36 ± 1.36) participated in the study voluntarily. …”
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Effectiveness of perform+ training program for ankle injury at Academy Nazzaro Football Club Malang by Dita Angelia Damayanti, Ahmad Abdullah, Heri Purnama Pribadi

“…The subjects used in this study are teenage male soccer players who are members of Nazzaro Football Club Academy Malang, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria and obtained 15 research samples given the perform+ training program to present ankle injuries. …”
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Investigation of proprioceptive sense in team and individual athletes by Emine Busra Aydin

“…Proprioceptive senses of both knees of soccer players were more developed than volleyball players (p<0.05). …”
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Isokinetic Assessment of Knee Flexor and Extensor Strength and Lower Extremity Flexibility Assessment of an NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Team by Savanna Perkins, Paul Canavan

“… # Conclusion The results of this screening suggest that isokinetic testing and flexibility testing may be useful to identify non-optimal strength ratios and flexibility deficits in male collegiate soccer players. The benefits of this research have direct implications, as participants received both their screening data and a set of exercises aimed to help decrease their injury risk, in addition to the offering data that is useful for determining what normative values for flexibility and strength profiles might look like for Division III male soccer players…”
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Neurocognitive & Ecological Motor Learning Considerations for the 11+ ACL Injury Prevention Program: A Commentary by Dustin R. Grooms, Mario Bizzini, Holly Silvers-Granelli, Anne Benjaminse

“…The 11+ is a structured warm-up program designed to prevent injuries in soccer players, but has proven efficacy in many populations, settings and sports. …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is one of the most common types of injury in professional football (soccer) players with high risk of recurrence. The rehabilitation after LAS in professional football players is often still time-based and relies on anecdotal experience of clinicans. …”
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Differences in Muscle Activities and Kinematics between Forefoot Strike and Rearfoot Strike in the Lower Limb during 180° Turns by Naruto Yoshida, Shun Kunugi, Takehiro Konno, Akihiko Masunari, Satoru Nishida, Takashi Koumura, Naoyuki Kobayashi, Shumpei Miyakawa

“… # Study design Cross-sectional study # Methods Fourteen male soccer players from the University of Tsukuba football (soccer) club participated in this study. …”
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An Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Risk Screening and Reduction Program for High School Female Athletes: A Pilot Study by Allison Kuntz, Olivia Peters, Andrew Bello, Ryan Perkins, Ryan Monti, Leigh Murray

“… # Study Design Non-experimental prospective study # Methods A convenience sample of 15 healthy female athletes were recruited from local high schools, consisting of 11 soccer players and four basketball players.  A pre-season screening program was designed encompassing four stations that addressed modifiable neuromuscular and biomechanical risk factors including range of motion (ROM), jump-landing technique, strength, and balance. …”
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Heart rate of soccer referees during matches: A systematic review by Sebiha Kurhan, Ana Lilić, İsmail İlbak, Stefan Stojanovic

“…The physical demands of elite soccer players can affect the activity of the referees. …”
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Possession or position games: What is the key in soccer? by Jose A. Asian-Clemente, Borja Muñoz, Jose Vicente Beltran-Garrido, Bernardo Requena

“…Using a GPS system (WIMU Pro, RealTrack Systems, Almería, Spain), the running demands of 25 professional soccer players were monitored during 18 possession (without a standardized role position) and 18 positional (with a specific role position) games of 9 vs. 9 + 2 floaters. …”
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Don’t Peak Too Early: Evidence for an ACL Injury Prevention Mechanism of the 11+ Program by Haraldur B Sigurðsson, Kristín Briem, Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Lynn Snyder-Mackler

“… # Purpose The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of The 11+ intervention program, performed by female soccer players during a single season, on the frequency of Early Peaks during athletic tasks…”
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The Neuromuscular Effects of the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise: A Systematic Review by Morgan Schaber, Zachary Guiser, Logan Brauer, Rebecca Jackson, John Banyasz, Ryan Miletti, Amy Hassen-Miller

“… # Conclusion Overall, the CAE increases EHAD, EHAB, EHAD:EHAB, and EMG activity in the hip adductors in male soccer players. The increase in strength may reduce adductor muscle injuries, although more research needs to be done in this area to identify a clear relationship between the CAE and groin injury prevention…”
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Electromyographic responses during isometric contraction in post-activation potential protocol by Hacı Ahmet Taşpınar, Muhammet Emirhan Çelik, Necdet Apaydın, Hasan Sözen, Gökhan İpekoğlu, Tuğba Çetin

“…The study involved 14 male amateur soccer players whose one-repetition maximum (1RM) values were determined in the initial session. …”
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Single Leg Bridge Test is Not a Valid Clinical Tool to Assess Maximum Hamstring Strength by Gabriela Bissani Gasparin, João Breno Araujo Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“… # Methods One hundred male soccer players (20±3 years) performed the SLBT and the knee flexion-extension isokinetic dynamometry evaluation (60°/s) billaterally during a single visit. …”
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