'Considering the reality, I am very lucky': how professional players and staff perceive injury prevention and performance protection in women's football

CONCLUSION: Professional female football players face different injury risks during different moments of their careers. According to elite players and staff, amateur and semiprofessionals have limited resources and lack injury prevention strategies. Professional players and staff perceived the current preventive measures as good and relied on the value of individualised care and a multidisciplinary approach. In the future, more resources and structured injury prevention strategies are needed in youth and non-professional levels of women's football to reduce injury risk and allow more players to reach their maximal performance.PMID:38378261 | DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2023-106891
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Source Type: research