Citation

Fuller CW, Hawkins RD. Br. J. Sports Med. 1997; 31(2): 148-9; discussion 150.

Affiliation

Centre for Hazard and Risk Management, Loughborough University, UK.

Comment In:

Br J Sports Med 1997;31(4):353.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9192131

PMCID

PMC1332616

Abstract

The need for health surveillance for professional footballers has been assessed against criteria specified in UK health and safety legislation. As footballers suffer from chronic injuries under normal playing conditions, professional football clubs have a requirement to implement health surveillance programmes to protect their players. A health surveillance programme, based on benchmarking a player's fitness and addressing the issues of pre-recruitment, pre-season, during-season, post-season, and rehabilitation assessment, is proposed.

Keywords: Soccer

Language: en