Real-world implementation of the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise: what do football teams modify and why?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the use and modification of the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise in football (soccer) teams, including the reasons for modification and alternate injury-prevention strategies.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, staff members from a convenience sample of 50 male elite, academy and amateur football teams in Norway, Germany and Austria completed an online questionnaire focussing on the implementation of the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise. Fourteen of the staff members also completed an interview.

Results

Forty-two teams (84%) reported using the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise, but the majority (65%) had modified the original programme. Modifications included changes to sets, repetitions, progressions and frequency and were particularly common among e

SUBMITTER: Dalen-Lorentsen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344511 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature