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Implementation of Prevention in Sports

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Prevention of Injuries and Overuse in Sports

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Abstract

Over the past 10–15 years, injury prevention has received a lot of attention in sports medicine. Despite this, prevention is not attractive. Our duty is to change this paradigm and to convince coaches, athletes and sports administrators to use prevention programmes. In this paragraph, we will discuss some of the “tricks” to make prevention more attractive.

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  1. Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, v. di Casteldebole 8/4, Bologna, 40132, Italy

    Stefano Della Villa MD, Margherita Ricci MD & Francesco Della Villa MD

  2. F-MARC (FIFA Medical Assesment and Research Centre), Schulthess Clinic, FIFA-Strasse 20, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland

    Mario Bizzini PhD, PT

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Della Villa, S., Ricci, M., Della Villa, F., Bizzini, M. (2016). Implementation of Prevention in Sports. In: Mayr, H., Zaffagnini, S. (eds) Prevention of Injuries and Overuse in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47706-9_11

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