Sports Injuries in Football Athletes: A Review of Injury Risk and Injury Prevention

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10.2991/978-94-6463-593-5_7How to use a DOI?

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“Football athletes”; “Injury risk”; “Injury prevention”; “Sports injuries”

Abstract

This literature review aims to propose a new paradigm regarding injury prevention and injury risk in football athletes.The study materials used in this research were taken from electronic databases and international papers published from 2021 to 2024 related to sports injuries which were searched using the following keywords: injury risk, football athletes, and injury prevention. Sports injuries in soccer athletes are a big problem because of their high frequency and the significant physical, psychological and financial impacts they cause. Various studies have explored risk factors for injury and prevention strategies to reduce these effects. Functional injury prevention programs, which include sports injury prevention and functional training that are able to prevent injuries and improve sports performance by addressing intrinsic causes of injury which include decreased physical ability and neuromuscular function. Sports-based prevention programs have demonstrated a 23% reduction in non-contact musculoskeletal injuries among football players, although the quality of the evidence is low, requiring further high-quality trials. MRI technology has been used to develop risk prevention methods, effectively reducing injury rates during training sports by providing accurate injury predictions.The FIFA 11 + injury prevention program is highly effective in reducing knee injuries by up to 47% compared to traditional warm-up exercises as well as. Overall, various strategies and technologies show potential in reducing injuries in soccer athletes. There needs to be further research and high-quality trials to establish more effective prevention methods.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wiwin Sulistyawati
AU  - Achmad Widodo
AU  - Himawan Wismanadi
AU  - Andun Sudijandoko
AU  - Joesoef Roepajadi
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/01/03
TI  - Sports Injuries in Football Athletes: A Review of Injury Risk and Injury Prevention
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar of Sport and Exercise Science (ISSES 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 84
EP  - 90
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-593-5_7
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-593-5_7
ID  - Sulistyawati2025
ER  -