@article{ref1,
title="Strategies for injury prevention in Brazilian football: perceptions of physiotherapists and practices of premier league teams",
journal="Physical therapy in sport",
year="2017",
author="Meurer, Maurício Couto and Silva, Marcelo Faria and Baroni, Bruno Manfredini",
volume="28",
number="",
pages="1-8",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe the physiotherapists perceptions and the current practices for injury prevention in elite football (soccer) clubs in Brazil. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Group of Science in Sports & Exercise, Federal University of Healthy Sciences of Porto Alegre (Brazil). PARTICIPANTS: 16 of the 20 football clubs involved in the Brazilian premier league 2015. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Physiotherapists answered a structured questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Most physiotherapists (∼88%) were active in design, testing and application of prevention programs. Previous injury, muscle imbalance, fatigue, hydration, fitness, diet, sleep/rest and age were considered &quot;very important&quot; or &quot;important&quot; injury risk factors by all respondents. The methods most commonly used to detect athletes' injury risk were: monitoring of biochemical markers (100% of teams), isokinetic dynamometry (81%), questionnaires (75%), functional movement screen (56%), fleximetry (56%) and horizontal jump tests (50%). All clubs used strength training, functional training, core exercises and balance/proprioception exercises in their injury prevention program; and Nordic hamstring exercise and other eccentric exercises were used by 94% of clubs. &quot;FIFA 11+&quot; prevention program was adapted by 88% of clubs. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Physiotherapists perceptions and current practices of injury prevention within Brazilian elite football clubs were similar to those employed in developed countries. There remains a gap between clinical practice and scientific evidence in high performance football.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-853X",
doi="10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.07.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2017.07.004"
}