Effects of a proprioceptive focal stimulation (Equistasi®) on reducing the biomechanical risk factors associated with ACL injury in female footballers by Fabiola Spolaor, Annamaria Guiotto, Alfredo Ciniglio, Federica Cibin, Zimi Sawacha, Zimi Sawacha

“…This study aims to verify the possibility to reduce the biomechanical risk factors associated with ACL injury, through the application of proprioceptive stimulation by means of the Equistasi® device.MethodsTen elite female footballers were enrolled and received the device for 4 weeks (5 days/week, 1h/day). …”
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Stepping stones? An exploration of internal football player migration in the Republic of Ireland by Laura Finnegan

“…The football spatial landscape is a key consideration for the equity of any football association and its constituent members. …”
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A Bayesian Analysis of the Inversion of the SARS-COV-2 Case Rate in the Countries of the 2020 European Football Championship by Luca Casini, Marco Roccetti

“…While Europe was beginning to deal with the resurgence of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant, the European football championship took place from 11 June to 11 July 2021. …”
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How Could a Football Player Transfer Business be More Successful? A Model-Based on Game Theory Approach by Zhaleh Memari, Maryam Esmaeili, Mojzhgan Jafari

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Effects of Fish Oil on Biomarkers of Axonal Injury and Inflammation in American Football Players: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Controlled Trial by Veronica A. Mullins, Sarah Graham, Danielle Cummings, Alva Wood, Vanessa Ovando, Ann C. Skulas-Ray, Dennis Polian, Yiwei Wang, Gerson D. Hernandez, Claudia M. Lopez, Adam C. Raikes, Roberta D. Brinton, Floyd H. Chilton

“…We performed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, parallel-group design trial to determine the impact of 26 weeks of DHA+EPA supplementation (n = 12) vs. placebo (high-oleic safflower oil) (n = 17) on serum concentrations of neurofilament light (NfL), a biomarker of axonal injury, and inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a)) in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I American football athletes. …”
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Effects of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaoic acid supplementation on white matter integrity after repetitive sub-concussive head impacts during American football: Exploratory... by Adam C. Raikes, Gerson D. Hernandez, Veronica A. Mullins, Yiwei Wang, Claudia Lopez, William D. S. Killgore, Floyd H. Chilton, Roberta D. Brinton

“…We hypothesized that supplementation would result in less white matter integrity loss on diffusion weighted imaging over the season.Design, setting, participantsWe conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 38 American football players between June 2019 and January 2020.InterventionParticipants were randomized to the treatment (2.442 g/day DHA and 1.020 g/day EPA) or placebo group for five times-per-week supplementation for 7 months. …”
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Satisfaction Among International Student-Athletes Who Participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association by Sylvia Trendafilova, Robin Hardin, Seungmo Kim

“…The number of international student-athletes participating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has nearly doubled from 8,945 in 2001–02 to 16,440 in 2007–08 (DeHass, 2009). …”
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Division I Intercollegiate Athletics Success and the Financial Impact on Universities by Adam G. Walker

“…For this study, athletics success included participation in either the Division I (DI) men’s basketball National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Four or DI Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Bowl Game. …”
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Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire: A Mokken Scale Analysis by Bára Elísabet Dagsdóttir, Hafrún Kristjánsdóttir, Vaka Vésteinsdóttir, Fanney Thorsdottir

“…TEOSQ responses from 749 football players were used in the analysis. Both the monotone homogeneity model and the double monotonicity model were fitted. …”
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Fracture-avulsion of tibial tubercle apophyseal in two Cameroonian adolescents by F.M. Bombah, T. Nana, B.Y. Ekani, D. Biwolé, E. Handy

“…The treatment was surgical by double screwing (case 1) and orthopedic by plaster knee brace (Case 2). …”
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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Primary Motor Cortex on Reaction Time and Tapping Performance: A Comparison Between Athletes and Non-athletes by Oliver Seidel, Oliver Seidel, Patrick Ragert, Patrick Ragert

“…The observed neural adaptions are specific to the sport and manifested in those brain regions which are associated with neuronal processing of sport-specific skills. …”
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