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The football team physician plays a crucial role in the assessment, prevention, and initial therapy of sports injuries to improve the general health and performance of players.
The football team physician plays a crucial role in the prevention, initial treatment, and rehabilitation of sports injuries, as well as in pre-participation cardiovascular screening.
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Highlights the need for standardized sports cardiology protocols; leaves open which specific pre-participation.
The roles of football team physician include assessment and improvement of general health of every member of a sports team through implementation of prevention programmes and risk assessment of sports injuries. A football team physician has an important role in preparticipation screening exam and reducing the risk of sport injuries by developing prevention strategies. The team physician implements the primary therapy and prevention of serious injuries and diseases which can cause fatal consequences to health status of a football player. Different musculoskeletal diseases could be a result of injuries caused by playing competitive football. First aid of these injuries is provided by the team doctor, by using adequate initial therapy. Team physician organises daily supervision and cooperation with players, which can lead to highly efficient interventions in treatment and prevention of sport injuries, with the goal of adequate monitoring of sports injuries.
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Stepančev et al. (2023) conducted a review in Sports injuries in football. Role of football team physician was evaluated. The football team physician plays a crucial role in the assessment, prevention, and initial therapy of sports injuries to improve the general health and performance of players.
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