Case Study : Muscle Atrophy, Hypertrophy, and Energy Expenditure of a Premier League Soccer Player During Rehabilitation From Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

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Resistance training

In this chapter, the authors present a novel systematic process for the prescription of resistance training for the soccer player. The literature would agree with anecdotal evidence that performing the resistance training necessary to enhance force production can take over 48 h to recover from. Researchers using bony palpation methods observed that 92.5% of soccer players are suffering from multiple innominate malalignments. While applying force more efficiently is thought to reduce the risk of overuse injury, the ability of the muscle-tendon unit to tolerate a high volume of repetitive forceful actions performed at high speeds may decrease the risk of significant microtrauma and subsequent tissue failure. Production, application, and tolerance resistance training interventions could benefit the elite player by improving their chances of staying healthy and achieving more successful match play performance. Competitive matches typically represents the highest physiological and biomechanical stress on the player’s body.</p