The Impact of Non-Operative Hip and Core Injuries on National Football League Athlete Performance

CONCLUSION: Overall, NFL players return to play following nonoperative hip and core injuries. Defensive players played in fewer games following hip or core injury compared to controls; offensive players were unaffected. Hip injuries have a greater impact on performance compared to core injuries in defensive athletes; offensive players played fewer games upon return from core injury.PMID:34488522 | DOI:10.1080/00913847.2021.1976603

Source: The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online - September 7, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Joseph S Tramer Toufic R Jildeh Joshua P Castle Patrick Buckley Caden Nowak Kelechi R Okoroha Source Type: research