Hughes, Tom http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-6615
Riley, Richard
Sergeant, Jamie C.
Callaghan, Michael J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manchester United Football Club (Sponsorship for PhD study programme)
Arthritis Research UK (20380)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2019
Accepted: 14 June 2019
First Online: 19 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Informed consent was not required; all data were captured from mandatory PHE processes completed through the participant’s employment. The anonymity and rights of all players were protected. The use of these data for the current purpose was approved by the Research Ethics Service at the University of Manchester.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.