Sports Medicine Physician • Director • Education & Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Bologna, Emilia Romagna
Joined April 2018
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Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
🆕"It can be hypothesized that a neurocognitive error may have contributed to the ACL injury, as the initial contact of the injury step was immediately preceded by a deceptive feint by an opponent ⚽️"
👉D. Gehring @FDellaVilla et al. 2026 🇩🇪
📂Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10…
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
@sdellavilla @FDellaVilla have instilled a beautiful approach to sports medicine, a family culture that extends to a worldwide football medicine network. Open and collaborative they have so many synergies to what we strive to do within FIFA Medical.
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
So many @footballmed posts over the last two days, proves how fantastic the conference has become, the largest Football Medicine Conference in the world
A @FIFAcom Medical Centre of Excellence, the organisation is truly unique with their structure.
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
🆕"In this retrospective cohort of competitive football players following ACL-R, high rates of RTP (84%) & second ACL injury (10%) were observed at a minimum 2‐year follow‐up ⚽️"
👉 @FDellaVilla @m_buckthorpe et al. 2026 🇮🇹
📂Open Access: esskajournals.onlinelibrary.…
Few days separate us from our
XXXIII Isokinetic Conference.
We are really looking forward to hosting the Football Medicine Community in Athens, the place of birth of Sports Medicine.
Let’s be ready for the discussion on 🔹Return to Performance 🔹 in Football Medicine
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
🆕”Starters & attackers experienced earlier ACL injuries, with similar timing across contact mechanisms & situational patterns”
➡️These injuries likely reflect ⬆️ intensities earlier in matches ⚽️
👉@m_buckthorpe @FDellaVilla et al, 2025 🏴
📂Open Access: esskajournals.onlinelibrary.…
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
🆕"Half of ankle sprain injuries in top @UEFA ⚽️players occurred after direct contact, 30% after indirect contact & 20% without contact"
➡️Mechanical perturbation, playing situation & NC factors to be consider
👉@m_buckthorpe et al, 2025 🏴
📂Open Access: esskajournals.onlinelibrary.…
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
Working on a new ACL series and want to reiterate what I've stated in the past - @FDellaVilla, @m_buckthorpe, and team put out some of the most practical information for clinicians.
Save these:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3778…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3178…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3100…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3335…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3412…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3384…
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
Return to Sport following ACL Reconstruction 🏃♀️🦵
Is the LIMB SYMMETRY INDEX as important as we think? 🤔
New #infographic in the BJSM ✅
Read here 👉 bit.ly/44FAnuG
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
One week on from @footballmed conference. Such a great event and a real honour to be invited to present alongside such an illustrious faculty. Thank you to the team and @FDellaVilla for the amazing hospitality
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
What an amazing conference @footballmed bringing together the Football community to discuss health & performance. Congrats to the TEAM and thank you @FDellaVilla for giving me the opportunity to highlight the importance of players’ voice & contextual factors! See you in Athens!
Thanks everybody for the participation in our 32nd Isokinetic Conference!
Three days of scientific discussion on the #NewFrontiers of Football Medicine:
- 97 sessions
- Over 600 scientific contributions
- Over 80 countries
See you in Athens 2026 for @footballmed
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
Full-time score: unforgettable!!!⚽️🥅 THANK YOU for travelling from near and far to make this edition extraordinary 🙌😎 SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! ✈️🌏
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
So good to be back at this preeminent football conference! @footballmed Congratulations on showcasing so many brilliant women speakers on the main stage!
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
🏺Ancient gods ruled where legends will now return: Next April, we gather in ✨GREECE!✨🏛️
👇SAVE THE DATE👇
#isoK26 • ATHENS • 18-20 April 2026
🏃🏽Return to Performance🏃🏽
🏛️ Πάμε Αθήνα! — Let’s go to Athens!⚕️
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
On my way home after an amazing 3 days in @footballmed
The passion, the hard work, the familiar environment generated despite being a huge event, the sessions, the speakers, the venue, and especially, the @IsokineticMed family. I can only say thank you 🙏🏻. See you in Athens.
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
Presenting the dazzling opening ceremony🏟️🎤
@FDellaVilla & Stefano Della Villa @IsokineticMed
Enrique Cerezo Torres - President @Atleti
@andy_massey Medical Director @FIFAcom
@ClaudioVazquezz Head of the Medical @rfef
Pedro Guillen @ClinicaCEMTRO
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vamos #isoK25
Francesco Della Villa MD retweeted
On-field rehabilitation supports ACL-reconstructed soccer players’ return to team training, with high return to competition rates (84%) for those completing a 5-staged period.
ow.ly/7Su050Vq5uo
@FilippoPicinini @FDellaVilla @jamietallent @stephen_patt @m_buckthorpe
