WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF ‘FOOTBALL MEDICINE & PERFORMANCE

 SPRING 2020- Issue 32

• Reflections on the Decision-Making Processes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Dr Imtiaz Ahmad

• FIFPRO’s advice to professional footballers during the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic

  Dr Vincent Gouttebarge

• The Introduction of Temporary Concussion Substitutions in Disability Football:  Are we “Headed” in the Right Direction?

  OH Ahmed, M. Fulcher, D. Malone, C. Mira y Lopez, M.E. Rho 1, A. Strojna

• Lessons from Basketball: Reflective Piece

  Dr Amy Arundale PhD

• Injury Mitigation in Team Sports – Part-3: Improving Research Quality

  Colin W. Fuller

• Success in Football is No Longer Enough

  Professor David Lavallee, Jeff Lowder, Jane Lowder, Ruth Lavallee

• The Quadrant of Doom and Hamstring Injuries: Sexy but too Easy?

  Bucheit M, Avrillon S, Simpson B.M., Lacome M., Guilhem G

• Lightforce Case Study Feature

  Jack Targett

• ‘Availability Equals Winnability’  The Effects of a Periodised Training Model on Play Availability in Elite Soccer – A Case Study (Part 1)

  Damian Roden

• Athletic Groin Pain – Time to Move from an Anatomical to a Biomechanical Approach?

  Enda King PhD, Dr Andy Franklyn Miller

• FMPA Register

EDITOR – Sean Carmody

Dr Sean Carmody is a medical doctor working within the NHS and with Queens Park Rangers FC. He is also Secretary of the FA Medical Society.

Connie Briggs

Specialist MSK

Physiotherapist

Connie Briggs works as a Specialist MSK Physiotherapist in Central London and Academy Physiotherapist at Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Frankie Hunter

Lead Sports Scientist

Middlesbrough FC

Frankie Hunter is the Lead Sport Scientist at Middlesbrough Football Club. Frankie has previously held roles at Hull City and Southampton.

Dr Nirmala Perera

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Oxford

Dr Nirmala Perera is a postdoctoral fellow based at the University of Oxford. Her research is focused on injury surveillance and optimising implementation of injury prevention programmes in youth sports, with a special interest in the female athlete.

Dr Manroy Sahni

Medical Doctor

Aston Villa FC Academy

Dr Manroy Sahni is a medical doctor working within the NHS and at Aston Villa FC Academy.

Dr Andrew Shafik

NHS Doctor

North East

Dr Andrew Shafik is an NHS doctor based in the North East. He is currently carrying out work with the British Journal of Sports Medicine and Newcastle United FC Academy.

Matthew Brown

Academy Sports Scientist

Paris Saint Germain FC

Matthew Brown is currently the academy sports scientist at Paris Saint Germain F.C and is also a PhD candidate in collaboration with the French National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance (INSEP).