Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität des Saarlandes
Article History
Received: 14 August 2024
Accepted: 3 January 2025
First Online: 14 February 2025
Declarations
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: D. Reyzis, H. Braun and T. Hauser declare that they have no competing interests. T. Meyer is chairman of the medical committee of the German FA (DFB) and UEFA (European Football Confederation) as well as of the working group Medicine in Professional Football of the German League Organisation (DFL; Deutsche Fußball Liga).
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty for Human and Business Sciences of Saarland University (approval number: 21-04). All participants were informed about the study procedures and gave their consent to participate before accessing the survey questions.