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Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional Spanish male football (soccer): injury mechanisms, situational patterns, biomechanics and neurocognitive errors – a study on 115 consecutive cases
September 2024, BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Matthew Buckthorpe, Luca Pirli Capitani, Jesus Olivares- Jabalera, Jesus Olmo, Francesco Della Villa
Broadening our understanding of injury mechanisms to include at-risk situations: an overview of potential injuries at the FIFA men’s World Cup Qatar 2022TM
June 2024; Science and medicine in Football
Francesco Aiello, Lewis Averyb, Tom Gardnerb, Harvey Rutherfordb, Alan McCall, Franco M. Impellizzeri, Kerry Peek, Francesco Della Villa, Andrew Massey and Andreas Serner
3-Dimensional Biomechanics of Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Male Professional Soccer Players
May 2024; AJSM
Matteo Zago, Fabio Esposito, Susanna Stillavato, Stefano Zaffagnini,
Carlo Albino Frigo, Francesco Della Villa
Kinematics of 90° change of direction in young football players: Insights for ACL injury prevention from the CUTtheACL study on 6008 trials
May 2024; KSSTA
Francesco Della Villa, Stefano Di Paolo, Matteo Crepaldi, Piefrancesco Santin,
Ilaria Menditto, Luca Pirli Capitani, Lorenzo Boldrini, Luca Ciampone,
Gabriele Vassura, Antonio Bortolami, Andrea Nicolò Bosi, Alberto Grassi,
Stefano Zaffagnini
A comparative video analysis of hamstring injuries mechanism and situational pattern in men's and women's football (soccer)
May 2024; KSSTA
Francesco Della Villa, Matthew Buckthorpe, Alessandro Pellegrini, Alice Ranzini,
Fabio Esposito, Christian Crescenzo, Gianni Nanni, Matteo Zago
Better Safe Than Sorry? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis on Time to Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction as a Risk Factor for Second ACL Injury
March 2024; JOSPT
Ramana Piussi, Rebecca Simonson, Bálint Zsidai, Alberto Grassi, Jon Karlsson,Francesco Della Villa , Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski
Neurocognitive Errors and Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Professional Male Soccer Players
March 2024; Journal of Athletic Trainer
Alli Gokeler, Filippo Tosarelli, MD†; Matthew Buckthorpe, Francesco Della Villa
Infographic. Injury mechanisms and situational patterns of severe lower limb muscle injuries in male professional football (soccer) players: a systematic video analysis study on 103 cases
March 2024; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa, Bruno Massa, Antonio Bortolami, Gianni Nanni,
Jesus Olmo, Adam Virgile, Matthew Buckthorpe
Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Male Professional Basketball Players - Injury Mechanisms, Situational Patterns, and Biomechanics
March 2024; Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
Filippo Tosarelli, MD, Matthew Buckthorpe, Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi,
Gil Rodas, Stefano Zaffagnini, Gianni Nanni and Francesco Della Villa
A comprehensive two-dimensional scoring system to assess the single-leg squat task in football players
February 2024; The Knee
Stefano Di Paolo, Francesca Musa, Giovanni Maria d’Orsi, Alberto Grassi,
Maria Chiara Vulpiani, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa
No Association Between Hamstrings‑to‑Quadriceps Strength Ratio and Second ACL Injuries After Accounting for Prognostic Factors: A Cohort Study of 574 Patients After ACL‑Reconstruction
January 2024; Sports Medicine
Johan Högberg, Ramana Piussi, Mathias Wernbom, Francesco Della Villa,
Rebecca Simonsson, Kristian Samuelsson, Roland Thomeé, Eric Hamrin Senorski
Injury mechanisms and situational patterns of severe lower limb muscle injuries in male professional football (soccer) players: a systematic video analysis study on 103 cases
October 2023; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa , Bruno Massa, Antonio Bortolami, Gianni Nanni, Jesus Olmo,
Matthew Buckthorpe
Football-specific extension of the IOC consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020
January 2023; BJSM
Markus Waldén ,Margo Mountjoy, Alan McCall, Andreas Serner, Andrew Massey, Johannes L Tol, Roald Bahr , Michel D’Hooghe, Natália Bittencourt , Francesco Della Villa, Michiko Dohi, Gregory Dupont, Mark Fulcher, Dina Christina, Janse van Rensburg, Donna Lu, Thor Einar Andersen
Foot rotation and pelvic angle correlate with knee abduction moment during 180 lateral cut in football players
August 2023; The Knee
Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa
Optimising the Early‑Stage Rehabilitation Process Post‑ACL Reconstruction
October 2023; Sports Medicine
Matthew Buckthorpe, Alli Gokeler, Lee Herrington, Mick Hughes, Alberto Grassi, Ross Wadey, Stephen Patterson, Alessandro Compagnin, Giovanni La Rosa & Francesco Della Villa
Knee Joint Contact Forces during High-Risk Dynamic Tasks: 90° Change of Direction and Deceleration Movements
January 2023; Bioengeenering
Giorgio Cassiolas, Stefano Di Paolo, Gregorio Marchiori, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Della Villa, Laura Bragonzoni, Andrea Visani, Gianluca Giavaresi, Milena Fini, Stefano Zaffagnini and Nicola Francesco Lopomo
Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Factors During 90° Change of Direction are Associated to Non-Contact ACL injury in Female Soccer Players
August 2023; IJSPT
Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Matteo Crepaldi, Laura Bragonzoni, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa
The Use of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Sports Muscle Injuries in Football (Soccer) Players: State‑of‑the‑art Review
May 2022; Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
Pierpaolo Zunarelli, Giacomo Lucenteforte, Marco Miceli, Matthew Stride, Gianni Nanni, Francesco Della Villa
Return to sports after ACL injury 5 years from now: 10 things we must do
July 2022; Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Alli Gokeler, Alberto Grassi, Roy Hoogeslag, Albert van Houten, Caroline Bolling, Matthew Buckthorpe, Grant Norte, Anne Benjaminse, Pieter Heuvelmans, Stefano Di Paolo, Igor Tak and Francesco Della Villa
High quality rehabilitation to optimize return to sport following lateral meniscus surgery in football players
October 2022; Annals of Joint
Marco Gastaldo, Alli Gokeler, Francesco Della Villa
Beyond Distance: A Simple Qualitative Assessment of the Single-Leg Hop Test in Return-to-Play Testing
January 2022; Sports Health
Stefano Di Paolo, Stefano Zaffagnini, Filippo Tosarelli, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Della Villa
The injury mechanism correlation between MRI and video‑analysis in professional football players with an acute ACL knee injury reveals consistent bone bruise patterns
June 2022; Sports Traumatology
Pieter D’Hooghe, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Della Villa, Khalid Alkhelaifi, Emmanouil Papakostas, Raouf Rekik, Theodorakys Marin, Filippo Tosarelli, Stefano Zaffagnini
The three‑dimensional reconstruction of an Achilles tendon rupture in a professional football player reveals a multiplanar injury mechanism
July 2022; KSSTA
Francesco Della Villa, Fabio Esposito, Mattia Busà, Susanna Stillavato & Matteo Zago
Video analysis of Achilles tendon rupture in male professional football (soccer) players: injury mechanisms, patterns and biomechanics
September 2022; BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Francesco Della Villa, Matthew Buckthorpe, Fillippo Tosarelli, Matteo Zago, Stefano Zaffagnini, Alberto Grassi
Rehabilitation and Return to Sport Assessment after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Quantifying Joint Kinematics during Complex High-Speed Tasks through Wearable Sensors
March 2021; Sensors
Stefano Di Paolo, Nicola Francesco Lopomo , Francesco Della Villa , Gabriele Paolini, Giulio Figari, Laura Bragonzoni, Alberto Grassi, Stefano Zaffagnini
Recommendations for Plyometric Training after ACL Reconstruction – A Clinical Commentary
June 2021; IJSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Francesco Della Villa
Musculoskeletal telerehabilitation experience during the 70 days of COVID-19 lockdown in Italy
September 2021; Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
Giovanni LA Rosa, Antonio Frizziero, Giulio S Roi
Three Main Mechanisms Characterize Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries in Professional Male Soccer-Blow to the Knee, Contact to the Leg or Foot, and Sliding: Video Analysis of 37 Consecutive Injuries
December 2021; JOSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Davide Pisoni, Filippo Tosarelli, Furio Danelon, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Della Villa
Confidence to Return to Play After ACL Reconstruction: An Evaluation of Quadriceps Strength Symmetry and Injury Mechanism in Male Athletes
September 2021; Sports Health
Rachel K. Straub, Francesco Della Villa, Bert Mandelbaum, and Christopher M. Powers
Confidence to Return to Play After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Influenced by Quadriceps Strength Symmetry and Injury Mechanism
May 2021; Sports Health
Francesco Della Villa, Rachel K. Straub, Bert Mandelbaum, and Christopher M. Powers
Systematic Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Professional Male Rugby Players: Pattern, Injury Mechanism, and Biomechanics in 57 Consecutive Cases
November 2021; OJSM
Alberto Grassi, Luca Macchiarola, Matteo Filippini, Gian Andrea Lucidi, Francesco Della Villa, and Stefano Zaffagnini
Systematic Video Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Professional Female Soccer Players
May 2021; AJSM
Simona Lucarno, Matteo Zago, Matthew Buckthorpe, Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Rebecca Smith and Francesco Della Villa
Current trends in the anterior cruciate ligament part II: evaluation, surgical technique, prevention, and rehabilitation
December 2021; KSSTA
Volker Musahl,Ian D. Engler , Ehab M. Nazzal Jonathan F. Dalton, Gian Andrea Lucidi, Jonathan D. Hughes, Stefano Zaffagnini, Francesco Della Villa, James J. Irrgang, Freddie H. Fu, Jon Karlsson
A 2D qualitative movement assessment of a deceleration task detects football players with high knee joint loading
September 2021; KSSTA
Stefano Di Paolo, Stefano Zaffagnini, Filippo Tosarelli, Fabrizio Aggio, Laura Bragonzoni, Alberto Grassi, Francesco Della Villa
A 2D video‑analysis scoring system of 90° change of direction technique identifies football players with high knee abduction moment
April 2021; KSSTA
Francesco Della Villa, Stefano Di Paolo, Dario Santagati, Edoardo Della Croce, Nicola Francesco Lopomo, Alberto Grassi, Stefano Zaffagnini
Anterior cruciate ligament injury mechanisms through a neurocognition lens: implications for injury screening
May 2021; BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Alli Gokeler, Anne Benjaminse, Francesco Della Villa, Fillippo Tosarelli, Evert Verhagen, Jochen Baumeister
Infographic. High rate of second ACL injury following ACL reconstruction in male professional footballers: an updated longitudinal analysis from 118 players in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
June 2021; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa, Martin Hägglund, Stefano Della Villa, Jan Ekstrand, Markus Waldén
High rate of second ACL injury following ACL reconstruction in male professional footballers: an updated longitudinal analysis from 118 players in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study
April 2021; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa, Martin Hägglund, Stefano Della Villa, Jan Ekstrand, Markus Waldén
Epidemiology of Achilles Tendon Rupture in Italian First Division Football (Soccer) Players and Their Performance After Return to Play
June 2021; Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
Grassi Alberto, Caravelli Silvio, Fuiano Mario, D’Hooghe Pieter, Filippini Matteo, Della Villa Francesco, Mosca Massimiliano, Zaffagnini Stefano
A ten task-based progression in rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction: from post-surgery to return to play - a clinical commentary
August 2020; IJSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Antonio Tamisari, Francesco Della Villa
Rapid Posterior Tibial Reduction After Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Mechanism Description From a Video Analysis
July 2020; Sports Health
Alberto Grassi, Filippo Tosarelli, Piero Agostinone, Luca Macchiarola, Stefano Zaffagnini and Francesco Della Villa
Wearing surgical masks does not affect heart rate and blood lactate accumulation during cycle ergometer exercise
July 2020, J Sports Med Phys Fitness
Lorenzo Boldrini, Furio Danelon, Davide Fusetti, Giacomo Lucenteforte, Giulio S Roi
Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Panther Symposium ACL Injury Return to Sport Consensus Group
April 2020; OJSM
Sean J. Meredith, Thomas Rauer, Terese L. Chmielewski, Christian Fink, Theresa Diermeier, Benjamin B. Rothrauff, Eleonor Svantesson, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Timothy E. Hewett, Seth L. Sherman, Bryson P. Lesniak, and the Panther Symposium ACL Injury Return to Sport Consensus Group
More Than a 2-Fold Risk of Contralateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Compared With Ipsilateral Graft Failure 10 Years After Primary Reconstruction
January 2020; AJSM
Alberto Grassi, Luca Macchiarola, Gian Andrea Lucidi, Federico Stefanelli, Mariapia Neri, Annamaria Silvestri, Francesco Della Villa and Stefano Zaffagnini
Recommendations for Hamstring Function Recovery After ACL Reconstruction
December 2020; Sports Medicine
Matthew Buckthorpe, Furio Danelon, Giovanni La Rosa, Gianni Nanni, Matthew Stride, Francesco Della Villa
Infographic. Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional male football (soccer): injury mechanisms, situational patterns and biomechanics study on 134 consecutive cases
October 2020; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa, Matthew Buckthorpe,Alberto Grassi,Alberto Nabiuzzi,Filippo Tosarelli, Stefano Zaffagnini, Adam Virgile ,Stefano Della Villa
Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional male football (soccer): injury mechanisms, situational patterns and biomechanics study on 134 consecutive cases
June 2020; BJSM
Francesco Della Villa, Matthew Buckthorpe, Alberto Grassi, Alberto Nabiuzzi, Filippo Tosarelli,Stefano Zaffagnini,Stefano Della Villa
Recommendations for hamstring injury prevention in elite football: translating research into practice
April 2019; BJSM
Matthew Buckthorpe, Steve Wright, Stewart Bruce-Low, Gianni Nanni, Thomas Sturdy, Aleksander Stephan Gross, Laura Bowen, Bill Styles, Stefano Della Villa, Michael Davison, Mo Gimpel
Benefits and use of aquatic therapy during rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction - a clinical commentary
December 2019; IJSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Elisa Pirotti, Francesco Della Villa
Assessing and treating gluteus maximus weakness - a clinical commentary
August 2019; IJSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Matthew Stride, Francesco Della Villa
Restoring knee extensor strength after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: clinical commentary
February 2019; IJSPT
Matthew Buckthorpe, Giovanni La Rosa, Francesco Della Villa
On-field Rehabilitation Part 2: A 5-Stage Program for the Soccer Player Focused on Linear Movements, Multidirectional Movements, Soccer-Specific Skills, Soccer-Specific Movements, and Modified Practice
August 2019; JOSPT
MATTHEW BUCKTHORPE, PhD1 • FRANCESCO DELLA VILLA, MD1 • STEFANO DELLA VILLA, MD1 • GIULIO SERGIO ROI
On-field Rehabilitation Part 1: 4 Pillars of High-Quality On-field Rehabilitation Are Restoring Movement Quality, Physical Conditioning, Restoring Sport-Specific Skills, and Progressively Developing Chronic Training Load
August 2019; JOSPT
MATTHEW BUCKTHORPE, PhD1 • FRANCESCO DELLA VILLA, MD1 • STEFANO DELLA VILLA, MD1 • GIULIO SERGIO ROI, MD1
Epidemiology of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Italian First Division Soccer Players
December 2019; Sports Health
Alberto Grassi, Luca Macchiarola, Matteo Filippini,Gian Andrea Lucidi, Francesco Della Villa and Stefano Zaffagnini
Compliance in post‑operative rehabilitation is a key factor for return to sport after revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
August 2019; KSSTA
Francesco Della Villa, Luca Andriolo, Margherita Ricci, Giuseppe Filardo, Jacopo Gamberini, Daniele Caminati, Stefano Della Villa, Stefano Zaffagnini
Optimising the Late‑Stage Rehabilitation and Return‑to‑Sport Training and Testing Process After ACL Reconstruction
April 2019; Sports Medicine
Matthew Buckthorpe
Optimising the ‘Mid‑Stage’ Training and Testing Process After ACL Reconstruction
November 2019; Sports Medicine
Matthew Buckthorpe, Francesco Della Villa
Return to Competition After Surgery for Herniated Lumbar Disc in Professional Football Players
August 2018; Clin J Sport Med
Fabrizio Tencone, MD,* Marco Alessandro Minetto, MD, PhD,† Luca Tomaello, MD,* Alessandro Giannini, MD,* and Giulio Sergio Roi, MD‡