"Football" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A competitive team sport played on a rectangular field. This is the American or Canadian version of the game and also includes the form known as rugby. It does not include non-North American football (= SOCCER).
| Descriptor ID |
D005538
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.450.642.845.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Football" by people in Profiles.
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The potential role of retinal slip in National Football League (NFL) officiating and its effect on on-field decision making: mechanisms and countermeasures. Eye (Lond). 2025 Feb; 39(3):478-483.
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The influence of external loads on post-match neuromuscular fatigue in international rugby union: A partial least squares correlational analysis. J Sports Sci. 2024 Aug; 42(15):1421-1431.
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National Football League Game Officials Self-Rating of Knowledge in Neuro-Ophthalmic Principles and Practice: A Pilot Program to Improve Precision and Accuracy of Game Official Calls. J Neuroophthalmol. 2025 Mar 01; 45(1):84-89.
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MRI spectrum of injuries to the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint ulnar collateral ligament with a proposed expanded classification of injuries in American football players. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Jul; 53(7):1255-1268.
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Curriculum in Neuro-Ophthalmic Principles for National Football League Game Officials: Comparison of Pretraining and Posttraining Ratings of Knowledge. J Neuroophthalmol. 2024 Sep 01; 44(3):376-379.
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Defining and quantifying fatigue in the rugby codes. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282390.
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Association between white matter organization and cognitive performance in athletes with a history of sport-related concussion. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2021 09; 43(7):704-715.
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Contact and SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among College Football Athletes in the Southeastern Conference During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2135566.
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Football Increases Future Risk of Symptomatic Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2020 04; 52(4):795-800.
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A common neural signature of brain injury in concussion and subconcussion. Sci Adv. 2019 08; 5(8):eaau3460.