ArticleBMJ open2022
Adductor Strengthening Programme is successfully adopted but frequently modified in Norwegian male professional football teams: a cross-sectional study.
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- The Copenhagen Adduction Exercise Effect on Sport Performance and Injury Prevention: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Gaelic games coaches' attitudes towards, awareness of and use of injury prevention exercise programmes.PloS one · 2026Article
- Injury incidence and characteristics in adolescent female football players: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies.Biology of sport · 2024Review
- Real-world implementation of the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise: what do football teams modify and why?BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- An Injury Prevention Programme in Physical Education Teacher Education Students: Process Evaluation Using the RE-AIM Sports Setting Matrix.Translational sports medicine · 2024Article
- Developing a data-driven multimodal injury and illness prevention programme in male professional football based on a risk management model: the IP2 NetWork.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- Adherence to Injury Prevention Exercise Programmes in Amateur Adolescent and Adult Football: A Detailed Description of Programme Use from a Randomised Study.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesGroin injuries represent a substantial problem in male football, with the Adductor Strengthening Programme (ASP) being the only exercise programme demonstrated to significantly reduce the risk of groin problems. We aimed first, to use the Reach Adoption Effectiveness Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to investigate attitudes, beliefs and behaviour to the ASP among primary delivery agents of injury prevention exercises in Norwegian male professional football teams. Second, we aimed to identify a real-world application of the ASP protocol used in a professional team setting.
designA descriptive cross-sectional survey, using a questionnaire designed to cover all five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework.
settingThe top two divisions of Norwegian male professional football.
participants32 primary injury prevention delivery agents. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primarily, the proportion of respondents being aware of the ASP and its effect; having adopted it; having implemented it as intended; and considering maintaining using it. Secondary, the most often used ASP modifications.
resultsTwenty-nine (91%) participants responded. All (100%) respondents were aware of the ASP and its injury preventive effect. The two most stated reasons for using the ASP were its injury preventive effect and that it does not require equipment. The ASP was adopted by all (100%) delivery agents, but only 10% used it in accordance with the original protocol. The main modifications were that the players in 72% of the teams were instructed to perform a non-progressive number of repetitions during pre-season, and in 86% of the teams instructed to perform more sets, but fewer repetitions per set, during in season. In total, 97% of the delivery agents planned to continue using the ASP.
conclusionThe delivery agents have positive attitudes and beliefs to the ASP, but they frequently modify it. We identified and reported a real-world application of the ASP protocol.
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