1st Edition
Physiological and Functional Assessment of Professional Football Players
1. Body Composition and Nutrition in Professional Football
Antonio Jesús Sánchez-Oliver, Francisco Javier Martín-Almena, and Raúl Domínguez Herrera
2. Evaluation Of Muscle Structure and Function
Alejandro Muñoz-López and Manuel García-Sillero
3. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Testing
José Naranjo Orellana
4. Assessment of Range of Motion in Football Players
Sergio Hernández-Sánchez, José Luis Hernández-Davó, and Víctor Moreno-Pérez
5. Strength and Muscle Power Testing
Eduardo Sáez de Villarreal Sáez and Rodrigo Ramírez-Campillo
6. Assessment of Football-Specific Endurance
Alejandro Rodríguez-Fernández and Javier Sanchez-Sanchez
7. Static and Dynamic Neuromuscular Balance Field-Based Assessments
Marc Madruga Parera, Rodrigo Ramírez Campillo, and Víctor Moreno-Pérez
8. Kinematic And Kinetic Assessment in Professional Football Players
Javier Courel Ibáñez and Raúl Domínguez Herrera
9. Assessment And Quantification of External Load
Moisés de Hoyo Lora and Miguel Ángel Campos Vázquez
10. Assessment and Quantification of Internal Load
Moisés de Hoyo Loraand Borja Sañudo Corrales
11. Typology and Severity of Football Injuries: Data From Incidence Studies
Sergio Tejero García and Beatriz Martínez Sañudo
12. Identification of Injury Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Muscle Injury and Preventive Training Guidelines
Luis Jesús Suárez Moreno-Arrones
13. Fitness Testing and Functional Assessment of Football Players During Injury Periods
Francisco Javier Núñez Sánchez and Alberto Torres Campos
14. Genotypic Analysis of Football Players
Luis Carrasco Páez and Inmaculada C. Martínez-Díaz
15. The Use of Big Data in Football Players’ Evaluation
Borja Sañudo Corrales and Moisés de Hoyo Lora
16. Comprehensive Evaluation of Football Players: The Biopsychosocial Model
Tomás García-Calvo, Jesús Díaz-García, Ana Rubio Morales, and Miguel Ángel López-Gajardo
Biography
Moisés de Hoyo Lora is a Professor in Physical Education and Sports at the University of Seville (Spain). He is a former strength and conditioning coach for professional soccer teams (Sevilla FC, Levante UD, Deportivo de la Coruña, CD Leganés, and Watford FC). He is working as fitness coach in Villarreal CF. His major research interests are centered on resistance training programs and training load control in team sports.
Borja Sañudo Corrales is Full Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport at the University of Seville and teaching in numerous master’s degree programs in Health and Sport Sciences in Spain. He is member of the BIOFANEX (Biological and Functional Analysis of Exercise) research group. His major research interests are centered on the role of exercise and other lifestyle factors for promoting improvements in physiological function and return to play in sports.
Redha Taiar is a Professor at the University of Reims Champaign, France. He is a specialist on biomechanics of health disease and rehabilitation. His studies focus on the industry engineering for medicine and high-level sport.
Luis Carrasco Páez is a Senior Researcher of the BIOFANEX Research Group (CTS-972; Andalusian Research Program). He is also an Associated (Tenured) Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, and at International Andalusian University.
