Floorball

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Abstract

Floorball is a relatively young sport (founded in 1986) compared to others like soccer or icehockey however has a rapid growing community. In 1998 there were 151,547 registeredfloor ball players in 19 countries. In 2014 records revealed 300,133 registered players in 58countries. Nordic countries together with Czech Republic and Switzerland exhibit the biggestcommunities.Floorball is played on an indoor rink measuring 40 × 20 m enclosed by 50 cm highboarders.A standard floorball (approx. 23 g) comprises 26 holes, is composed of plastic and showsa hollow design. It further provides dimples to reduce air resistance which allows top speedsup to 200 km/h [1].Knee and ankle joint are two of the most affected injury sites besides head and neck.Collisions with opponents, predisposing factors, equipment (stick, ball) and overuse are themost common reasons for injuries in floorball [2].Neuromuscular training can prevent sports related injuries in floorball.

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Wurm, M., & Schlemmer, T. (2017). Floorball. In Foot and Ankle Sports Orthopaedics (pp. 465–468). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15735-1_53

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