CRISTIANO EIRALE

Sports Medicine Physician, Clinical Instructor of Sports Medicine

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Current

  • Sports Medicine Physician at Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sport Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Previous

  • Team Physician at FC Internazionale Milan
  • Medical Director at Qatar National Football Teams
  • Team Physician at Algeria National Team (World Cup 2010)
  • Team Physician at Cote D’Ivoire National Team (World Cup 2014)

ACADEMIC DEGREES

AFFILIATIONS

  • Football Medicine®
  • Aspetar

PUBLICATIONS

  • Volpi P, Eirale C, Bisciotti GN.
    • ACL injury in sport: a phylogenetic reason? ask to your cat J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2018 Mar 19
  • Bakken A, Targett S, Bere T, Eirale C, Farooq A, Mosler AB, Tol JL, Whiteley R, Khan KM, Bahr R.
    • Muscle Strength Is a Poor Screening Test for Predicting Lower Extremity Injuries in Professional Male Soccer Players: A 2-Year Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar
  • Eirale C.
    • Hamstring injuries are increasing in men’s professional football: every cloud has a silver lining? Br J Sports Med. 2018 Jan 23.
  • Eirale C, Volpi P, Bisciotti GN.
    • Injury epidemiology in Italian soccer (football): a call for action. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2017 Dec 1
  • Eirale C, Gillogly S, Singh G, Chamari K.
    • Injury and illness epidemiology in soccer – effects of global geographical differences – a call for standardized and consistent research  studies. Biol Sport. 2017 Sep;34(3):249-254.
  • van der Made AD, Almusa E, Whiteley R, Hamilton B, Eirale C, van Hellemondt F, Tol JL.
    • Intramuscular tendon involvement on MRI has limited value for predicting time to return to play following acute hamstring injury. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Sep 13.
  • Mosler AB, Weir A, Eirale C, Farooq A, Thorborg K, Whiteley RJ, Hӧlmich P, Crossley KM.
    • Epidemiology of time loss groin injuries in a men’s professional football league: a 2-year prospective study of 17 clubs and 606 players. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Jun 30.
  • Bakken A, Targett S, Bere T, Eirale C, Farooq A, Tol JL, Whiteley R, Khan KM, Bahr R.
    • The functional movement test 9+ is a poor screening test for lower extremity injuries in professional male football players: a 2-year prospective cohort study. Br J Sports Med. 2017 May 16
  • A Bakken, S Targett, T Bere, C Eirale, A Farooq, J L Tol, R Whiteley, E Witvrouw, K, M Khan, R Bahr
    • Interseason variability of a functional movement test, the 9+ screening battery, in professional male football players
    • Br J Sports Med doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-096570
  • Chamari K, Farooq A, Tabanji R, Eirale C.
    • Soccer Injury Rates When Ramadan Occurs At The Season-start In Conjunction With A Competitive Tournament: 3069 Board #134 June 3, 3: 30 PM – 5: 00 PM. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2016 May;48(5 Suppl 1):869.
  • Bere T, Alonso JM, Wangensteen A, Bakken A, Eirale C, Dijkstra HP, Ahmed H, Bahr, R, Popovic N.
    • Injury and illness surveillance during the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship 2015 in Qatar.  Br J Sports Med. 2015 Sep;49(17):1151-6.
  • Hamilton B, Tol JL, Almusa E, Boukarroum S, Eirale C, Farooq A, Whiteley R, Chalabi H.
    • Platelet-rich plasma does not enhance return to play in hamstring injuries: a randomised controlled trial.  Br J Sports Med. 2015 Jul;49(14):943-50. 
  • Eirale, G Bisciotti
    • “Trattamento delle tendinopatie da sport”, Sport e Medicina – October 2015
  • I Sannicandro, M Spedicato, G Palaia, G Cofano, G. Bisciotti, Eirale
    • Strength ability, endurance and anthropometric parameters in youth football: descriptive analysis and functional relationship Medicina dello Sport, June 2015. 
  • G Bisciotti, C Eirale
    • La degenerazione adipose nelle rotture a tutto spessore della cuffia dei rotatori: l’importanza dell’indagine RM”. Medicina dello Sport, March 2014 
  • Tol JL, Hamilton B, Eirale C, Muxart P, Jacobsen P, Whiteley R.
    • At return to play following hamstring injury the majority of professional football players have residual isokinetic deficits. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Feb 3.
  • Eirale C, Tol JL, Targett S, Holmich P, Chalabi H.
    • Concussion Surveillance: Do Low Concussion Rates in the Qatar Professional Football League Reflect a True Difference or Emphasize Challenges in Knowledge Translation? Clin J Sport Med. 2014 Jan 21.
  • Bisciotti G, Cassaghi G, Corradini B, Sabatini R. Eirale C.
    • “Dossier hamstrings” Il Fisioterapista, Feb 2014.
  • Bisciotti G, Eirale C, Cassaghi G
    • Lesioni tendinee acute degli adduttori: chirurgia o riabilitazione?” Il Fisioterapista n 6 2013
  • Eirale, J Ekstrand
    • Hamstrings are dangerous for sport and sport is dangerous for hamstring”. Aspetar Sport Medicine Journal, Special Issue II 
  • Eirale, G. Bisciotti, M Farooq, H Chalabi
    • How injuries affect rehabilitation workload in a National Team during an elite soccer event? An experience from the FIFA 2010 World Cup. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2013 Apr;53(2):192-7.
  • Eirale C, Tol JL, Smiley F, Farooq A, Chalabi H. Does Ramadan Affect the Risk of Injury in Professional Football? Clin J Sport Med. 2013 Mar 22. [Epub ahead ofprint] 
  • Bisciotti, C. Eirale
    • The role of exogenous and endogenous factors in the aetiology of Achilles and patella tendinopathies”. Medicina dello Sport, Jun 2013 
  • Eirale C., Bisciotti GN, Della Villa F, Sannicandro I.
    • Inferior Pole of the Scapula Fracture in an Adolescent Footballer Medicina dello Sport, March 2013
  • Bisciotti, C. Eirale, Vuckovic Z., Le Picard P., D’Hooghe P.,Chalabi H.
    • Athlete’s pubalgia: a sistematic review Medicina dello sport. March 2013
  • Eirale C, Mauri E, Hamilton B
    • Use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in an isolated complete medial collateral ligament lesion in a professional football (soccer) player: a case report Asian J Sports Med, 2013
  • G Bisciotti, C Eirale,
    • Return to sport after total knee and hip replacement” part 2  Scienza e Sport 2013
  • Eirale C, Tol JL, Farooq A, Smiley F, Chalabi H.
    • Low injury rate strongly correlates with team success in Qatari professional football. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Aug 17.
  • Eirale C, Farooq A, Smiley FA, Tol JL, Chalabi H.
    • Epidemiology of football injuries in Asia: A prospective study in Qatar. J Sci Med Sport. 2012 Aug 1
  • Eirale C, J Ekstrand
    • Football injury epidemiology” Aspetar Sport Medicine Journal, Special Issue I
  • Eirale C, Bisciotti
    • The effects of Ramadan on the performance. What should we expect in London 2012? Scienza e Sport 2012, 15
  • Eirale C, Sannicandro I., Sala M., Benzarti N., Chalabi H.
    • Cryoterapy associated peroneal nerve lesion in a professional football player Medicina dello Sport 2012 Giugno;65(2):259-64
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C, Manno A.
    • Achille’s tendon mechanical shock on natural and artificial grass. Medicina dello Sport 2012 Marzo;65(1):13-27
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C
    • Return to sport after total knee and hip replacement part one  Scienza e Sport 2012
  • Eirale C, Bisciotti GN, Fiorella PL, Sannicandro I
    • Performance profile of an Italian elite soccer team Medicina dello Sport 2011 Settembre; 64(3):243-56
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C
    • L’invecchiamento cardiaco Scienza e Sport, num 11, 2011 
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C, Chalabi H
    • Fu vera quota? Scienza e Sport, num 7, 2010
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C
    • L’uso dei fattori di crescita nelle lesioni dei tessuti molli in traumatologia dello sport. Scienza e Sport, num 6. 
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C, Gaudino P
    • Delayed onset muscle soreness. Scienza e Sport, num 5, 2010
  • Eirale, B. Hamilton, G. Bisciotti, J. Grantham, H. Chalabi
    • Injury epidemiology in a National Football Team of the Middle East. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2010 Sep 28.
  • Bisciotti GN, Eirale C
    • Le basi scientifiche dei principi di trattamento delle lesioni muscolari Scienza e Sport, num 7.
  • B Hamilton, W Knez, C Eirale, H Chalabi
    • Platelet Inhibitors and the use of Platelet Enriched Plasma for Acute Muscle Injury: Case Report and Discussion Acta Orthop. Belg., 2010, 76, 443-448
  • C Tremblay, C Eirale, J Paoloni, B Hamilton
    • Traumatic pneumothorax in a football player FIFA Medical assessment and research, Web based case report.
  • Eirale, R. Lockhart, H. Chalabi
    • Conservative Treatment in an Isolated Anterior Wall Frontal Bone Fracture in an Elite Soccer Player Clin J Sport Med 2010; Mar;20(2):125-7.
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