Football MedicineⓇ merged together with world-renowned experts in the Sports Medicine field to develop and write a reference Sports Medicine book applied to Football: Injuries and Health Problems in Football…
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Introduction The leg-extension machine has been used extensively for decades in gyms and clinics, either to improve athletes’ performance and/or use in rehabilitation programs. However, over the last years, it…
Several research has been performed about fatigue in football (4,9,15,20,25) and particular attention should be paid to its association with injury risk. Does fatigue only influences soft tissue injury or…
This is a must read article with the collaboration of Football Medicine® and our partners from Porto FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence (Clinica do Dragão – EM Sports Centre®). …
PhD: check! Paulo Barreira, Football Medicine® team member, concluded his PhD at Liverpool John Moores University with the theme: “The role of acceleration related variables for hamstring (re)-injury prevention in Association…
Days between matches: how should they affect your training and prevent injuries In professional football, load management and periodization strategies play a crucial role both in performance and injury prevention….
Football Medicine® was proudly supporting the number 9 WTA ranked Russian athlete – Svetlana Kuznetsova – during her pre-season camp in the United Arab Emirates. This was another…
Mechanical PlayerLoadTM using trunk mounted accelerometry in Football: is it a reliable, task- and player-specific observation? – Paulo Barreira PhD second study published at Journal of Sports Sciences …
Football Medicine® was involved in the recruitment and posterior supervision of a physiotherapist for the Football Iranian National Team, that counts with Professor Carlos Queiroz as head coach. …
Following his previous colaborations, our friend Francisco Tavares from Pure Strength Training, and Strength and Conditioning from Chiefs Super Rugby bring us an article on Power training for football. Because…
