1. Part 2 of the 11+ as an effective home-based exercise programme in elite academy football (soccer) players: a one-club matched-paired randomised controlled trial
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John A. Sampson, Sean Williams, Steffi L. Colyer, Matthew Whalan, and Stella Veith
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,injury prevention ,11+ ,Football ,Hamstring Muscles ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,law.invention ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Soccer ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Duration (project management) ,Home based exercise ,business.industry ,soccer ,Exercise Therapy ,FIFA 11+ ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Football soccer ,Elite ,Physical therapy ,adolescence ,Club ,business - Abstract
Background: Although the 11+ is known to reduce injuries and improve performance in adolescent footballers, its duration presents a notable barrier to implementation. Hence, this study investigated injury and performance outcomes when 65 elite male academy footballers either performed Part 2 3x/week at training (TG) or at home (HG). Methods: Time to stabilisation (TTS), eccentric hamstring strength (EH-S) and countermovement jump height (CMJ-H) were collected 4 times during the 2019 football season. Linear mixed models were used to evaluate main and interaction effects of group and time. Bonferroni post-hoc tests were used to account for multiple comparisons. Differences in time loss and medical attention injuries were determined using a two-tailed Z test for a comparison of rates. Results: Relative to baseline, EH-S (HG 4.3 kg, 95% CI 3 to 5.7, p Conclusion: Rescheduling Part 2 did not affect performance or increased injury risks in academy footballers.
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- 2021
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