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Nearly Halved The plus sign in FIFA's 11+ warm-up program might
well signify plus-sized results. The exercise regimen developed
by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association,
soccer's international governing body, (known as FIFA), can
reduce overall injuries by one-third and severe injuries by
nearly one-half, according to a study published in the British
Medical Journal. In a cluster-randomized controlled trial of
1890 Norwegian female youth soccer players, investigators from
FIFA's Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) and from
the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre found significantly lower
rates of injury in athletes who regularly performed the
20-minute program during an eight-month season. "The 11+ program
should be implemented as a key element of [soccer] training,"
said Jiri Dvorak, MD, chairman of F-MARC and co-author of the
study. "In fact, every coach and t