Why the study?
Does the introduction of Minimum Medical Standards reduce injuries and matches missed in A-League professional football?
Does the introduction of Minimum Medical Standards reduce injuries and matches missed in A-League professional football?
The implementation of Minimum Medical Standards in professional football reduces specific types of injuries and matches missed, though associated costs remain high.
May support Minimum Medical Standards in elite football to reduce select injuries; leaves open causal confirmation and cost-effectiveness via randomized trials.
The introduction of "Minimum Medical Standards" in the A-League had a favorable effect on the number of total, hamstring, knee and ankle injuries and on the number of matches missed due to these injuries, but not on the number of groin injuries. The costs related to time-loss injuries and related matches missed remained high.
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Gouttebarge et al. (2016) studied this question.