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Most cited papers from The Football Association

What are the most cited papers from The Football Association?

The most cited paper from The Football Association is "Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport–Amsterdam, October 2022" (Jon Patricios et al., 2023), with 1,185 citations. Next come "The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of hamstring injuries" (1,089) and "International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS))" (964).

Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 121 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
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1 Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport–Amsterdam, October 2022 Jon Patricios et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Jun 2023 1,185
2 The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of hamstring injuries Carol L. Woods, Richard Hawkins, S Maltby et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 29 Jan 2004 1,089
3 International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)) Roald Bahr et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 18 Feb 2020 964
4 Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport—The 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport Held in Zurich, November 2012 Paul Robert McCrory et al. · PM&R Open access 27 Feb 2013 889
5 Blood flow restriction training in clinical musculoskeletal rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis Luke D. Hughes, Bruce M. Paton, Ben Rosenblatt et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Review 4 Mar 2017 769
6 The association football medical research programme: an audit of injuries in professional football Richard Hawkins, M A Hulse, Celia Wilkinson et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Feb 2001 766
7 Epidemiology of injuries in English professional rugby union: part 1 match injuries John H M Brooks, Colin W Fuller, Simon P T Kemp et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Sep 2005 694
8 Incidence, Risk, and Prevention of Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Professional Rugby Union John H M Brooks, Colin W Fuller, Simon P T Kemp et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 21 Feb 2006 655
9 Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures for studies of injuries in rugby union Colin W Fuller, Michael G Molloy, Christian Bagate et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Apr 2007 635
10 Velocity-Based Training: From Theory to Application Jonathon J. S. Weakley, Bryan Mann, Harry G. Banyard et al. · Strength and conditioning journal Open access 19 May 2020 458
11 The Scientists' Organizations in 1950 Clifford Grobstein, A. H. Shapley, J. L. Michiels et al. · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 1951 413
12 What is the physiological time to recovery after concussion? A systematic review Joshua Kamins, Erin D. Bigler, Tracey Covassin et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine ReviewOpen access 28 Apr 2017 389
13 The effect of playing formation on high-intensity running and technical profiles in English FA Premier League soccer matches Paul S. Bradley, Christopher Carling, David T. Archer et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences 22 Apr 2011 387
14 The Football Association medical research programme: an audit of injuries in academy youth football Roger Price, Richard Hawkins, M A Hulse et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Jul 2004 363
15 A Meta-Analysis of Injuries in Senior Men’s Professional Rugby Union Sean M. Williams, Grant Trewartha, Simon P T Kemp et al. · Sports Medicine Review 9 Jul 2013 331
16 Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players Aneil Malhotra et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Aug 2018 324
17 The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football: an analysis of ankle sprains Carol L. Woods, Richard Hawkins, Matthew C. Hulse et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Jun 2003 317
18 Applied Physiology of Female Soccer: An Update Naomi Datson, Andrew Thomas Hulton, Helena M. Andersson et al. · Sports Medicine Open access 6 May 2014 299
19 UEFA expert group statement on nutrition in elite football. Current evidence to inform practical recommendations and guide future research James Collins et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Oct 2020 297
20 The Epidemiology of Shoulder Injuries in English Professional Rugby Union Julia Headey, John H M Brooks, Simon P T Kemp · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 24 Apr 2007 283
21 The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of preseason injuries Carol L. Woods, Richard Hawkins, Matthew C. Hulse et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 26 Nov 2002 281
22 Influence of cold-water immersion on indices of muscle damage following prolonged intermittent shuttle running Damian Miles Bailey, S. J. Erith, P. J. Griffin et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences 25 Jul 2007 274
23 The Challenge of Applying and Undertaking Research in Female Sport Stacey Emmonds, Omar W. Heyward, Ben L. Jones · Sports Medicine - Open Open access Dec 2019 273
24 Epidemiology of injuries in English professional rugby union: part 2 training Injuries John H M Brooks, Colin W Fuller, Simon P T Kemp et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 23 Sep 2005 267
25 Comparing the Effectiveness of Blood Flow Restriction and Traditional Heavy Load Resistance Training in the Post-Surgery Rehabilitation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Patients: A UK National Health Service Randomised Controlled Trial Luke D. Hughes, Benjamin Rosenblatt, Fares Sami Haddad et al. · Sports Medicine 12 Jul 2019 267
26 Reliability and validity of two tests of soccer skill Ajmol Ali, Clyde Williams, Mark A. Hulse et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences 22 Sep 2007 262
27 Contact events in rugby union and their propensity to cause injury Colin W Fuller, John H M Brooks, Rebecca J Cancea et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 18 May 2007 256
28 The movement characteristics of English Premiership rugby union players Nicola Cahill, Kevin Lamb, Paul Worsfold et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences 26 Sep 2012 233
29 Soccer Player Characteristics in English Lower-League Development Programmes: The Relationships between Relative Age, Maturation, Anthropometry and Physical Fitness Ric J. Lovell, Chris Towlson, Guy Parkin et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 2 Sep 2015 211
30 The Influence of Methodological Issues on the Results and Conclusions from Epidemiological Studies of Sports Injuries John H M Brooks, Colin W Fuller · Sports Medicine 2006 207
31 Injury risks associated with tackling in rugby union Colin W Fuller, Tony Ashton, John H M Brooks et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 22 Aug 2008 201
32 The Influence of In-Season Training Loads on Injury Risk in Professional Rugby Union Matthew Cross, Sean M. Williams, Grant Trewartha et al. · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Open access 26 Aug 2015 200
33 Professional Rugby Union players have a 60% greater risk of time loss injury after concussion: a 2-season prospective study of clinical outcomes Matthew Cross, Simon P T Kemp, Andrew Smith et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Dec 2015 198
34 The Use of Microtechnology to Quantify the Peak Match Demands of the Football Codes: A Systematic Review Sarah Whitehead, Kevin Till, Dan Weaving et al. · Sports Medicine ReviewOpen access 6 Aug 2018 196
35 Match Physical Performance of Elite Female Soccer Players During International Competition Naomi Datson, Barry Drust, Matthew Weston et al. · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research Open access 27 Jul 2016 188
36 The prevalence, influential factors and mechanisms of relative age effects in UK Rugby League Kevin Till, Stephen Paul Cobley, Nick Wattie et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports Open access 29 Mar 2009 187
37 Smartphone apps for the self-management of low back pain: A systematic review Gustavo C Machado, Marina B. Pinheiro, Hopin Lee et al. · Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology ReviewOpen access Dec 2016 186
38 The Influence of Soccer-Specific Fatigue on Peak Isokinetic Torque Production of the Knee Flexors and Extensors Matt P. Greig · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 6 Mar 2008 182
39 Reducing musculoskeletal injury and concussion risk in schoolboy rugby players with a pre-activity movement control exercise programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial Michael Hislop, Keith Stokes, Sean M. Williams et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 17 May 2017 179
40 A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference Neville Calleja et al. · JMIR Infodemiology Open access 23 Aug 2021 178
41 The Effect of Nordic Hamstring Exercise Intervention Volume on Eccentric Strength and Muscle Architecture Adaptations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses Matthew Cuthbert, Nicholas Joel Ripley, John J. McMahon et al. · Sports Medicine ReviewOpen access 9 Sep 2019 178
42 Better way to determine the acute:chronic workload ratio? Sean M. Williams, Stephen G. West, Matthew Cross et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 20 Sep 2016 171
43 Research on women’s football: a scoping review Katrine Okholm Kryger, Albert Wang, Ritan Mehta et al. · Science and Medicine in Football 8 Jan 2021 169
44 The Epidemiology of Head Injuries in English Professional Rugby Union Simon P T Kemp, Zoë Hudson, John H M Brooks et al. · Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine May 2008 168
45 Risk factors for head injury events in professional rugby union: a video analysis of 464 head injury events to inform proposed injury prevention strategies Ross Tucker, Martin Raftery, Simon P T Kemp et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 22 Jun 2017 163
46 Pre‐season physiological characteristics of English first and second division soccer players J A Davis, J. P. N. Brewer, D. Atkin · Journal of Sports Sciences Dec 1992 153
47 Recent Trends in Rugby Union Injuries John H M Brooks, Simon P T Kemp · Clinics in Sports Medicine 2008 151
48 A prospective study of injuries and training amongst the England 2003 Rugby World Cup squad John H M Brooks, Colin W Fuller, Simon P T Kemp et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 22 Apr 2005 148
49 Tackling concussion in professional rugby union: a case–control study of tackle-based risk factors and recommendations for primary prevention Matthew Cross, Ross Tucker, Martin Raftery et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 11 Oct 2017 144
50 Injury prevention strategies at the FIFA 2014 World Cup: perceptions and practices of the physicians from the 32 participating national teams Alan McCall, Michael J. Davison, Thor Einar Andersen et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 15 Apr 2015 140

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