Biology of Sport

A stratified ecological model of injury etiology in professional football: a context‑driven “game model” of injury risk constraints management and foresight reasoning under uncertainty

Olivier Materne 1
,
Renaat Philippaerts 2
,
Yves Depluvrez 3, 4
,
Rudy Kalema 5
,
Paul S Bradley 6, 7
,
Jean‑Francois Kaux 8, 9
,
Matt Greig 10
,
Lars McNaughton 11
,
Karim Chamari 12

  1. Football Sports Medicine Consultant & Associate Editor, Qatar

  2. K Sint-Truidense VV., Belgium & Sports Science Consultant

  3. Royal Standard Club Liège, Belgium

  4. University of Liège, Belgium

  5. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

  6. Football Science Consultant, United Kingdom

  7. German Sport University Cologne, Germany

  8. Department of Physical Activity and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  9. Physical Medicine and Sport Traumatology Department, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, IOC Research Centre (ReFORM), FIMS Collaborative Centre of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  10. Edge Hill University, United-kingdom

  11. Sport Researcher & Consultant, United Kingdom

  12. Naufar Centre, Doha, Qatar

Biol Sport. 2027;44:149–170

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2027.165058
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/23
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