title: The biomechanics and imaging of soccer injuries.
abstract: Soccer is one of the most popular sports worldwide and requires the player to have considerable stamina while superimposing sprinting, jumping, tackling, rapid changes of direction, and kicking. This contact sport carries a significant risk for acute and overuse injuries, with the lower limb the region most frequently injured. This article discusses the biomechanics and current role of imaging in the management of several specific soccer injuries highlighting injuries of the ankle, pelvis, and groin and specific muscle and tendon injuries commonly encountered in this athletic population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000293:injuries*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000293:injuries*; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*