Predicting noncontact injuries of professional football players using machine learning

Diogo Nuno Freitas; Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa; Romualdo Caldeira; Francisco Santos; Eduardo Fermé; Élvio R. Gouveia; Fernando Morgado-Dias

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0315481

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Predicting noncontact injuries of professional football players using machine learning

Diogo Nuno Freitas ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Diogo Nuno Freitas, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: diogo.freitas@staff.uma.pt

Affiliations Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), Funchal, Portugal, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal, NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Caparica, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-8676

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Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Diogo Nuno Freitas, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), Funchal, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7677-0971

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Romualdo Caldeira,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Francisco Santos,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Eduardo Fermé,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal, NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Caparica, Portugal
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Élvio R. Gouveia,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), Funchal, Portugal, Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Fernando Morgado-Dias

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI/LARSyS), Funchal, Portugal, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
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Predicting noncontact injuries of professional football players using machine learning

Diogo Nuno Freitas,
Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa,
Romualdo Caldeira,
Francisco Santos,
Eduardo Fermé,
Élvio R. Gouveia,
Fernando Morgado-Dias

Published: January 2, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315481

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