ACL Injuries in Female Football Players
ACL injuries continue to represent the highest injury burden amongst professional women footballers [1]. Female athletes have up to an eight-fold increased risk of sustaining
Daire Rooney
is a doctor based in the UK with a keen interest in sports medicine and is the current Chelsea FC Academy doctor. As well as undertaking a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science at Loughborough University, he has also completed a MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Birmingham. He combines his
clinical work with various educational roles, such as being an editor for the Football Medicine Performance Association and a reviewer for the BJSM. He has a keen interest in research, with published work in the areas of injury surveillance and exercise medicine.