From Control to Chaos: Visual-Cognitive Progression During Recovery from ACL Reconstruction.

Anterior cruciate ligament tear is a serious knee injury with implications for central nervous system (CNS) plasticity. To perform simple knee movements, people with a history of ACL reconstruction (ACL-R) engage cross-modal brain regions and when challenged with cognitive-motor dual-tasks, physical performance deteriorates. Therefore, people with ACL-R may increase visual-cognitive neural processes for motor control.

Progressing On-Court Rehabilitation After Injury: The Control-Chaos Continuum Adapted to Basketball.

Sport-specific training is an integral component of returning to sport following injury. Frameworks designed to guide sport-specific rehabilitation need to integrate and adapt to the specific context of elite sport. The control-chaos continuum (CCC) is a flexible framework originally designed for on-pitch rehabilitation in elite football (soccer).

Interchangeability of optical tracking technologies: potential overestimation of the sprint running load demands in the English Premier League.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the agreement between match-derived running load outputs; total distance (TD), high-speed running (HSR) and sprint distance (SPR) obtained by two optical tracking systems.

Methods: Data were collected from 31 elite footballers from the first team and under-21 squads of an English Premier League (EPL) football club across three competitive matches. One EPL game (game 2) and one under-21 Premier League game (game 3) were played at the team's home stadium and one EPL game (game 1) at an away venue.

Return to sport and beyond following intramuscular tendon hamstring injury: A case report of an English Premier League football player.

Background: Hamstring strain injuries are the most common type of injury in elite football and are associated with a high risk of reinjury, particularly those involving the intramuscular tendon (IMT). Limited information is available regarding the rehabilitation and return to sport (RTS) processes following such injuries. This case study describes the clinical presentation of an elite football player following IMT hamstring injury, their on- and off-pitch rehabilitation alongside performance monitoring throughout RTS and beyond.