Search for dissertations about: "professional football"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words professional football.

  2. 1. Identities and images in football : a case study of brands and the organisational settings in the development of Scandinavian women’s club football

    Author : Mattias Melkersson; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : Women s football; Gender; Scandinavia; Development; Identity; Brand Identity; Brand Image; Gender; Organisation; Viability; Visibility; Professional Sports;

    Abstract : Women’s football has developed significantly throughout recent years. Not only in regards to the increased amount of participants or on-field achievements, but furthermore in regards to recognition, professionalism and organisation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Knee ligament injuries in male professional football players

    Author : Matilda Lundblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; knee; ligament; MCL; LCL; ACL; PCL; professional football;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Knee ligament injuries are common in professional football and entail a significant time loss from football, but studies of knee ligament injuries other than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are scarce. The aim of this thesis was prospectively to study the epidemiology and characteristics of medial collateral ligament (MCL), lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries in male professional football players with the main emphasis on MCL injuries. READ MORE

  5. 3. Risk factors for injury in men´s professional football

    Author : Karolina Kristenson; Martin Hägglund; Jan Ekstrand; Markus Waldén; Harald Roos; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Age; artificial turf; cohort study; elite; epidemiology; overuse injury; soccer; surface; sporting injuries; playing position;

    Abstract : This thesis includes four papers based on three different prospective cohort studies on injury characteristics in men’s professional football. The same general methodology was used in all papers. Time-loss injuries and player individual exposure was registered for match and training separately. READ MORE

  6. 4. Match-related risk factors for injury in male professional football

    Author : Håkan Bengtsson; Martin Hägglund; Markus Waldén; Jan Ekstrand; Keith Stokes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Injuries are common in professional football, especially during matches, and they cause suffering for players, in both the short and the long term. It is therefore important to try to prevent these injuries. READ MORE

  7. 5. An animal model of sport related concussive brain injury

    Author : Hayde Bolouri; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : animal model; football; concussion; brain injury; neuropathology; cognitive function;

    Abstract : A new animal model for concussion of the type seen in professional football was developed, since current animal models did not simulate these conditions. The model is characterized by a high velocity-low mass impact to the head of a freely moving object. Structural damages and functional effects of the model have been investigated. READ MORE