Studies in Sport Medicine

Effects of the Modified 11+ Warm up Program on Lower Extremity Injuries Prevention Among Young Male Footballers

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Fatemeh Kheiroddin 1
Hooman Minoo Nejad 2
Mohammad Hossein Alizadeh 3

1 Ph.D. Student of Sport Injury & Corrective Exercise, University of Tehran

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Medicine, University of Tehran

3 Professor of Sport Medicine, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smj.2017.1003
Abstract
Recently, FIFA has developed +11 warm up program for injury prevention in football but previous studies indicate that performing these +11 programs could not reduce the ankle injuries. Therefore, the present study intends to investigate the Effects of the modified 11+ warm-up program on lower extremity injury prevention among the male footballers. One hundred and eleven young male footballers were selected from Tehran league and were divided in two groups: modified 11+ and The Control Group. In general, the results showed significant fewer injuries in intervention group compare with players in control group. Despite 55.88% decrease in incidence of ankle injuries in intervention group, the difference was not significant. According to our results, more research is suggested in order to add wobble board training to +11 warm up programs.

Keywords

Football
+11 Warm up Program
Wobbles Board
Injury prevention
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Studies in Sport Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 21 - Serial Number 21
Spring & Summer 2017
September 2017
Pages 29-42

  • Receive Date 02 February 2015
  • Revise Date 29 September 2016
  • Accept Date 22 October 2016

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