ArticlePloS one2025
Exploring turn demands of an English Premier League team across league and knockout competitions over a full season.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Turns are key performance actions in soccer, but can also induce high mechanical loads resulting in tissue damage or injury. This study aimed to quantify the turn demands of an elite English Premier League soccer team. Turning data were obtained from 49 soccer matches (2022-23 season), from a single team that played 35 Premier League, 5 UEFA Europa League, 5 League Cup and 4 FA Cup matches using Sportlight LiDAR technology. Turns were analysed from 29 players who were categorised in playing position groups: goalkeeper (GK), central defenders (CD), full-backs (FB), central-midfielders (CM), wide-midfielders (WM), central-forwards (CF). Turn categories: high (120-180°), medium (60-119°) and low (20-60°) angled, and very high (>7.0ms-1), high (5.5-7.0ms-1), medium (3.0-5.5ms-1), and low (<3.0ms-1) entry speed (ES) was analysed. Primary findings show, on average, per match, CM performed more total turns (~35), than all other playing positions. Additionally, CM performed significantly more low and medium entry speed and high angled turns than other outfield positions. There were no significant differences between turn frequencies and turn characteristics in different competitions (p >0.05). The turning demands of soccer appear to vary significantly between player position. These findings may help inform position-specific return-to-play protocols, physical preparation strategies, drill design and rehabilitation programmes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.