Key result
Among 139 professional and youth football players, 91.5% regularly used stretching for injury prevention despite a lack of scientific evidence, highlighting a gap between player beliefs and evidence-based practices.
Population
139 professional and youth football players between age 13 and 35 years from one German high-level football…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Stretching reliance persists among footballers despite weak evidence; leaves open whether education narrows the belief-practice gap.
Cross-Sectional (n=139)
No
Football players' perceptions of injury risk factors and preventive strategies are often inconsistent with scientific evidence, highlighting the need for better knowledge transfer into daily practice.
Zech et al. (2017) conducted a cross-sectional in Football (soccer) players (n=139). Perceptions of injury risk factors and prevention strategies was evaluated on Perceptions regarding risk factors and regularly used prevention strategies. Among 139 professional and youth football players, 91.5% regularly used stretching for injury prevention despite a lack of scientific evidence, highlighting a gap between player beliefs and evidence-based practices.
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