This paper presents the theoretical background, the development, scientific evaluation, implementation and dissemination strategies of FIFA’s injury prevention programme (‘FIFA 11+’) in order to provide a model of how an international sports governing body can make its sport safer.ĭEVELOPMENT OF INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMMES In 1994, FIFA founded its Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) to create and disseminate scientific knowledge on various medical topics in football, to reduce football injuries and thus to promote football as a health-enhancing leisure activity 2. The medical treatment of football related injuries can have a significant socio-economic impact in terms of related healthcare costs 1. While football can be considered a healthy leisure activity, as a contact team sport, it also entails a certain risk of injury. – Written by Mario Bizzini, Switzerland, Matthias Eiles, Germany, Mark Fulcher, New Zealand, Zohreh Haratian, Iran and Jiri Dvorak, Switzerlandįootball is the most popular sport in the world and is played at an amateur or recreational level by almost 300 million people. Injury prevention in football and the Fifa 11+Ī model for international sports federations?
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