Player's health - Mission and Goals
Mission
FIFA views sports medicine as a key factor in the positive development and progress of football at all levels. Through the FIFA Medical and Research Centre (F-MARC), world football's governing body plays an active role in sports medicine research, most notably in injury prevention and the fight against doping. FIFA publications, awareness campaigns and seminars and events help to disseminate medical expertise throughout the football family.
FIFA views sports medicine as a key factor in the positive development and progress of football at all levels. Through the FIFA Medical and Research Centre (F-MARC), world football's governing body plays an active role in sports medicine research, most notably in injury prevention and the fight against doping. FIFA publications, awareness campaigns and seminars and events help to disseminate medical expertise throughout the football family.
Goals
- To reduce the number of injuries during football matches and training by investigating their frequency, traits and causes;
- To assess the risks that play a part in causing injuries;
- To reduce the number of long term physical traumas suffered by footballers;
- To develop targeted prevention programmes for male and female players at all levels;
- To improve the standard of medical care;
- To fight against doping;
- To use the findings of scientific research to promote the health benefits of playing football.
source: Fifa.com
