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In order to identify in the
scientific literature, the papers
most-cited articles in medi-
cine and science in football,
the authors João Brito, George
P Nassis, André T Seabra and
Pedro Figueiredo did a search
in the web and ordered a list of
papers, whose criteria was the
frequency of citation and published
the paper Top 50 most-cited articles
in medicine and science in football.
On the first sentence of the intro-
duction it is justified the great and
long-lasting work that the authors
had to produce this list. They state
that “because the high number
of academic publications about
football, even the more committed
reader will find out that is impos-
sible to follow all publications”. They
verified that in the list of 50 most
cited, 40 are investigation papers (37
observational and only 3 experimen-
tal), 9 are revision papers and one
is related to a thesis. The investiga-
tion of the elite football player has
deserved special consideration, since
half of the papers were performed
on the players and 73% (of the 40)
were performed on male players. In
the conclusion, the authors lament
the lack of experimental studies that
would allow the creation theoreti-
cal and methodological orientations
applied to the science of football.
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ESMA (European
Sports Medicine
Associates) is a
section of
ESSKA (Euro-
pean Society of
Sports Trauma-
tology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy)
and is carrying out a questionnaire
about Surgeon practice patterns
regarding anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction and rehabilitation, to
find out the surgical and the reha-
bilitation procedures carry on by the
orthopedic surgeons dedicated to
this specific area of orthopedics. It is
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great value questionnaire, since it
will allow to be aware of and to learn
with the worldwide techniques and
that is why everybody is asked to
fulfill this questionnaire at https://
www.surveymonkey.com/
r/7G98NYH. The gathered informa-
tion is confidential, and it only be
used for statistics analysis. We recall
that the President of this so impor-
tant section of ESSKA is Dr. Henrique
Jones, which is the past-President of
SPAT (Sociedade Portuguesa de
Artroscopia e Traumatologia). The
participation in this questionnaire is
particularly important for SPAT to
understand the information related
to this issue in Portugal. To receive
more information, one must contact
the e-mail [email protected].
It is out of question an extraordinary
meeting of sports medicine with
privileged interest on the medical
support (and not only) to football.
The 28 th Isokinetic Medical Group
Conference will be held on 27-29 of
April of 2019, at the Wembley sta-
dium, in London, under the theme
Football Medicine meets the universe of
sport. The organizers want to answer
to several questions, which are:
What are the global benchmarks for
effective player care models?
Which sports have the lowest re-
injury rates and why?
How can Football Medicine and Sci-
ence learn from others in the training
and recovery of players?
Why do some countries produce more
gold medal winners?
According to the organizers, it is
pretended that this conference will
be a forum of sharing of knowledge
and good practice in order to “ame-
liorate the health, the athletic devel-
opment and the long-lasting perfor-
mance of the athletes”. The partners
of this conference are heavyweights:
Isokinetic Medical Group and the 48
worldwide clinical facilities integrated at
FIFA Medical Center of Excellence.
Like the previous editions, a lot of
Portuguese doctors are expected,
specially the youngest. For more
information, check at http://www.
footballmedicinestrategies.com/
en/2019-wembley/3988/482/.
Dr. João Pedro
Araújo is the new
team doctor of
the team Sporting
Clube de Portu-
gal. This doctor,
specialized on
Physical and
Rehabilitation
Medicine and also on Sports Medi-
cine, come back to Portugal after a
great professional experience
abroad, at the Arabic world, in the
teams Al Ahli Club (Dubai) and Al
Jazira FC (Abu Dhabi). His experience
is unquestionable, and it is recalled
that he was the clinical director of
Sporting Clube de Braga. He is
included in the sports medicine unit
of the Clínica do Dragão – FIFA
Medical Centre Excellence and he is
the founder of Football Medicine ®
(www.footballmedicine.net). He has
been an adviser for the Iranian
Football Association and he partici-
pated as its team doctor in the
World Cup 2018. His areas of interest
are the imageology of the muscle-
skeletal system, muscle-skeletal
system procedures, minimally
invasive and echo-guided, health
and performance in football, and
monitoring and management of the
work load in football. He is author
and co-author of several scientific
publications. It is a welcome return,
we all gain with that, mas Sporting
is the team that will really win.
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