Influence of Definition and Data Collection on the Incidence of Injuries in Football

Junge, Astrid; Dvořák, Jiří

doi:10.1177/28.suppl_5.s-40

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“…These results are in line with other reports (20,4,14,19,18,22,23), in which most of the injuries occurred in the lower extremities. Inklaar (11), also concluded from his review of the literature that 61% to 90% of all injuries occurred in lower extremities.…”

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Injuries in greek amateur soccer players

Tsiganos¹,

Sotiropoulos²,

Baltopoulos³

2007

jbe

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The purpose of this study was to record retrospectively the epidemiology of injuries in amateur Greek soccer players. Three hundred and one (301) amateur soccer players voluntarily participated in the study. Participants answered a specially-designed questionnaire that included questions about demographics, playing surface, division, position, hours of training plus participation, the use of stretching or prophylactic tape, the injury mechanism, the location and type of injury. During the five years these soccer players sustained a total of 1.745 injuries, that diagnosed by the orthopedist of the team. Most of injuries were strains (33%), overuse (27%) and sprains (25%). The location of injuries was the thigh (38 %), ankle (27%) and knee (13%). There was a significant difference in the total number of injuries among soccer players with or without scoliosis (t = 3.152, p Ͻ 0.05) and players that played on sand/dirt (gravel), who sustained more injuries than the players who played on artificial grass or on grass (t = 3.413, p Ͻ 0.05). No differences were found in the other measurement parameters. The results of our study shows that spine deformities and ground surfaces are the factors that causes more injuries in amateur Greek soccer players.

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Injuries in greek amateur soccer players

Tsiganos¹,

Sotiropoulos²,

Baltopoulos³

2007

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“…The fundamental problem of previous football and other sports injury surveillance research has been the lack of agreement between the studies regarding study design, injury definition, data collection procedures and observation periods [9,13,14,15,19].…”

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Football injuries during European Championships 2004–2005

Waldén

Hägglund

Ekstrand

2007

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthr

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The risk of injury in football is high, but few studies have compared men's and women's football injuries. The purpose of this prospective study was to analyse the exposure and injury characteristics of European Championships in football and to compare data for men, women and male youth players. The overall injury incidence was fourteen times higher during match play than during training (34.6 vs. 2.4 injuries per 1000 hours, p<0.0001). There were no differences in match and training injury incidences between the championships.Teams eliminated in the women's championship had a significantly higher match injury incidence compared to teams going to the semi-finals (65.4 vs. 5.0 injuries per 1000 hours, p=0.02). Non contact mechanisms were ascribed for 41% of the match injuries. One-fifth of all injuries were severe with absence from play longer than 4 weeks.In conclusion, injury incidences during the European Championships studied were very similar and it seems thus that the risk of injury in international football is at least not -3 -higher in women than in men. The teams eliminated in the women's championship had a significantly higher match injury incidence than the teams going to the final stage.Finally, the high frequency of non contact injury is worrying from a prevention perspective and should be addressed in future studies.

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“…[3][4][5] Commonly, researchers compare the results from their study with results from other published studies. However, the methodological differences between studies might be greater than any statistically significant differences between the studies which are concerned.…”

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Epidemiology of football injuries

Ekstrand

2008

Science & Sports

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AimThe overall aim of this on-going injury study is to increase the safety in football. Study designProspective cohort survey Methods.The study population consisted of two cohorts: The UEFA Champions League (UCL) cohort and the Swedish Superleague cohort. The UEFA Champions League (UCL) cohort with 17 teams from 9 countries was followed over five consecutive seasons (2001 to 2006). The Swedish Super-league with 14 teams was followed for two full consecutive seasons (2001 and 2002). Exposure for training and matches in the club and in national teams was registered in minutes for each player. The team doctor reported all injuries causing the player to miss at least one match or training session. The study follows the consensus on methods for studies on football injuries agreed upon by FIFA and UEFA. Results.Totally 6300 injuries have been registered during 800.000 hours of exposure. The incidence of injury at top level football is 6-9 injuries/1000 hours of total exposure (3-5 injuries/1000 training hours and 24-30 injuries/1000 matchhours). As a mean, a team of 25 players can expect 40-50 injuries per season, half of them causing absence less than a week but 6-p of them causing absence more than a month. The risk of injury has not increased during the 5-year period. Thigh muscle injury is the most common injury at top level with an injury incidence of 1.6/1000 hours of exposure, which means that a team can expect 10 such injuries each season. The risk of ankle sprain has been reduced by 50%, probably due to the thorough knowledge in top-level teams about optimal treatment and prevention. A correlation has been found between major injuries (causing absence > 4 weeks) and performance. There is a considerable variation in the number of matches played per season in European professional leagues. Top level players are obliged to play many matches, especially during the final period of the season. A correlation was found between many matches at the end of a season and an increased injury risk and/or underperformance during subsequent world tournaments ConclusionThe injury risk has not increased in male professional football during recent years. At elite level, the risk of ankle sprain has been lowered and thigh muscle strain is the most common injury. A period with a congested match calendar can lead to fatigue, increasing the risk of injury and poor performance during the following period.

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Influence of Definition and Data Collection on the Incidence of Injuries in Football

Cited by 245 publications

References 45 publications

Injuries in greek amateur soccer players

Injuries in greek amateur soccer players

Football injuries during European Championships 2004–2005

Epidemiology of football injuries

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