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The study explored risk factors and common types of lower limb injuries among male amateur soccer players compared to professionals, without reporting specific quantitative results in the abstract.
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This study explores risk factors, types, and areas of lower limb injuries in male amateur soccer players.
Explores risk factors for lower limb injuries in understudied amateur soccer players; leaves open whether findings guide prevention strategies.
Amateur players far outnumbered professional athletes, but they are often under shadowed in literatures. Unlike professional athletes, amateur players may not possess the resources, knowledge or guidance in treating sports injuries. Soccer is one of the popular sports with fewer literatures addressing amateur players. Quantitative method was used for data collection and analysis. The practical contribution of this study lies in terms of the exploring of risks factors leading to lower limb injuries, most common type and area of injuries faced by amateur soccer players in contrast with professional players.
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Tung et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Lower limb injuries. Amateur soccer playing vs. Professional soccer playing was evaluated on Risk factors, type, and area of lower limb injuries. The study explored risk factors and common types of lower limb injuries among male amateur soccer players compared to professionals, without reporting specific quantitative results in the abstract.
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