Mental, physiological and medical considerations for elite football players in the Saudi Pro League: a call for action

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2023 Nov 7;9(4):e001789. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001789. eCollection 2023.

¹ High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
² Preventative Health, Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Doha, Qatar.
³ University of Sousse, Farhat HACHED Hospital, Research Laboratory LR12SP09 «Heart failure», Sousse, Tunisia.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Al Hilal Football Club, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ National Sports Medicine Programme (NSMP), Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Saïd, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia.

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Keywords: Dehydration; Environment; Football; Heat acclimatisation; Prevention.

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