scholarly journals Injury incidence, characteristics and burden among female sub-elite futsal players: a prospective study with three-year follow-up

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iñaki Ruiz-Pérez ◽  
Alejandro López-Valenciano ◽  
Alejandro Jiménez-Loaisa ◽  
Jose L.L. Elvira ◽  
Mark De Ste Croix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Preventative Measures ◽  
Substantial Risk ◽  
Injury Burden ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
Contact Mechanism ◽  
And Training

The main purpose of the current study was to analyze the injury incidence, characteristics and burden among sub-elite female futsal players. Individual exposure to match play and training, injury incidence and characteristics (player position, injury mechanism, type of injuries, severity of injuries, recurrent vs. new injuries, season variation of injury pattern) in a female futsal team were prospectively recorded for three consecutive seasons (2015–2018). Incidences were calculated per 1,000 h of exposure. A total of 30 injuries were reported during the three seasons within a total exposure of 4,446.1 h. The overall, match and training incidence of injuries were 6.7, 6.4 and 6.8 injuries/1,000 h of exposure, respectively. Most injuries had a non-contact mechanism (93%), with the lower extremity being the most frequently injured anatomical region (5.62 injuries/1,000 h of exposure). The most common type of injury was muscle/tendon (4.9 injuries/1,000 h of exposure) followed by joint (non-bone) and ligament (1.3 injuries/1,000 h of exposure). The injuries with the highest injury burden were those that occurred at the knee (31.9 days loss/1,000 h exposure), followed by quadriceps (15.3 day loss/1,000 h) and hamstring (14.4 day loss/1,000 h) strains. The first few weeks of competition after pre-season and soon after the Christmas break were the time points when most injuries occurred. These data indicate that sub-elite female futsal players are exposed to a substantial risk of sustaining an injury. To reduce overall injury burden, efforts should be directed toward the design, implementation and assessment of preventative measures that target the most common diagnoses, namely, muscle/tendon and ligament injuries.

scholarly journals Injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football: lower general incidence and burden but higher ACL and hamstring injury burden compared with Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. bjsports-2020-102945
Author(s):  
Montassar Tabben ◽  
Cristiano Eirale ◽  
Gurcharan Singh ◽  
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari ◽  
Jan Ekstrand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Hamstring Injury ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Time Loss ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Injury Burden ◽  
And Training

BackgroundWhile football injury and illness epidemiology surveillance at professional club level in Europe is available, epidemiological data from other continents are lacking.PurposeInvestigating injury and illness epidemiology in professional Asian football.Study designDescriptive prospective study.MethodsProfessional teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) league were followed prospectively for three consecutive AFC seasons (2017 through 2019, 13 teams per season, 322 team months). Time-loss injuries and illnesses in addition to individual match and training exposure were recorded using standardised digital tools in accordance with international consensus procedures.ResultsIn total, 232 665 hours of exposure (88.6% training and 11.4% matches) and 1159 injuries were recorded; 496 (42.8%) occurred during matches, 610 (52.6%) during training; 32 (2.8%) were reported as ‘not applicable’ and for 21 injuries (1.8%) information was missing. Injury incidence was significantly greater during match play (19.2±8.6 injuries per 1000 hours) than training (2.8±1.4, p<0.0001), resulting in a low overall incidence of 5.1±2.2.The injury burden for match injuries was greater than from training injuries (456±336 days per 1000 hours vs 54±34 days, p<0.0001). The two specific injuries causing the greatest burden were complete ACL ruptures (0.14 injuries (95% CI 0.9 to 0.19) and 29.8 days lost (29.1 to 30.5) per 1000 hours) and hamstring strains (0.86 injuries (0.74 to 0.99) and 17.5 days (17.0 to 18.1) lost per 1000 hours).Reinjuries constituted 9.9% of all injuries. Index injuries caused 22.6±40.8 days of absence compared with 25.1±39 for reinjuries (p=0.62). The 175 illnesses recorded resulted in 1.4±2.9 days of time loss per team per month.ConclusionProfessional Asian football is characterised by an overall injury incidence similar to that reported from Europe, but with a high rate of ACL ruptures and hamstring injury, warranting further investigations.

Epidemiology of Hand Fractures and Dislocations in England and Wales Professional Cricketers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Rajiv Deshmukh ◽  
Ella Donnison ◽  
Alexia Karantana ◽  
David Newman ◽  
Nicholas Peirce
Keyword(s):  
Index Finger ◽  
Anatomical Location ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Anatomical Distribution ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Hand Fractures ◽  
Hand Fracture ◽  
Playing Time ◽  
Injury Burden ◽  
And Training

AbstractThis study describes hand fracture and dislocation injuries in terms of anatomical distribution, incidence and impact on playing time in registered professional adult male players of all 18 First Class England and Wales County Cricket clubs over a five-year period from 2010–2014. Prospectively collected injury surveillance data for 1st and 2nd Team matches (Twenty20, One day and four-day) and training were analysed. There were 109 hand fractures and 53 dislocations. Hand injury was commonest during fielding (60%, 98/162) compared to batting, bowling or wicket-keeping. Exposed parts of the hand including tips of all digits, the index finger, thumb ray and little finger ray were most frequently injured with 78% (125/160) of all injuries where anatomical location was recorded. Match injury incidence for batsmen was highest in four-day matches (0.071 injuries per 1000 overs batted) but for other player roles it was highest in Twenty20 matches (0.587 per 1000 overs bowled). Player unavailability for selection to play was incurred in 82% (89/109) of hand fractures but only 47% (25/53) of dislocations. This study clarifies the hand fracture and dislocation injury burden for this population.

scholarly journals The Football Association Injury and Illness Surveillance Study: The Incidence, Burden and Severity of Injuries and Illness in Men’s and Women’s International Football

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Sprouse ◽  
Jon Alty ◽  
Steve Kemp ◽  
Charlotte Cowie ◽  
Ritan Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Severity ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Youth Group ◽  
Youth Groups ◽  
Severity Of Injury ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Senior English ◽  
And Training ◽  
Season Interaction

Abstract Objectives To determine the incidence and characteristics of injury and illness in English men’s and women’s senior and youth international football. Methods Time-loss injuries and illnesses, alongside match and training exposure, were collected across 8 seasons (2012–2020) in youth (U15, U16, U17, U18, U19) and senior (U20, U21, U23, senior) English men’s and women’s international teams. Analysis of incidence, burden, and severity of injury and illness was completed. Sex-specific comparisons were made between the senior and youth groups, and across the 8 seasons of data collection. Results In men’s international football, 535 injuries were recorded (216 senior; 319 youth) during 73,326 h of exposure. Overall, match injury incidence (31.1 ± 10.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (454.0 ± 195.9 d absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (4.0 ± 1.0 injuries/1000 h) and burden (51.0 ± 21.8 d absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women’s international football, 503 injuries were recorded (senior: 177; youth: 326) during 80,766 h of exposure and match injury incidence (27.6 ± 11.3 injuries/1000 h) and burden (506.7 ± 350.2 days absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (5.1 ± 1.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (87.6 ± 32.8 days absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women’s international football, a group × season interaction was observed for training injury incidence (P = 0.021), with the senior group recording a greater training injury incidence during the 2015–2016 season compared to the youth group (14.4 vs 5.7 injuries/1000 h; P = 0.022). There was no difference in injury severity between match and training for men’s (P = 0.965) and women’s (P = 0.064) international football. Conclusions The findings provide a comprehensive examination of injury and illness in English men’s and women’s senior and youth international football. Practitioners will be able to benchmark their team’s injury and illness incidence and characteristics to the match-play and training information provided in the present study.

scholarly journals Functional and Anthropometrical Screening Test among High Performance Female Football Players: A Descriptive Study with Injury Incidence Analysis, the Basque Female Football Cohort (BFFC) Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10658
Author(s):  
Marta Álvarez-Zafra ◽  
Javier Yanci ◽  
Ibai García-Tabar ◽  
Eder Bikandi ◽  
Saioa Etxaleku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Injury Burden ◽  
High Level ◽  
Incidence Analysis ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
Derived Data

The main objectives of the present study were to describe the injury incidence and to analyze the anthropometric and physical characteristics of players from three high-level women’s football teams. The present study involved 54 female football players (21.9 ± 4.9 years old) from three different teams competing in the Spanish Reto Iberdrola-Segunda División PRO league. A battery of tests was carried out to determine the anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of the players along with an injury incidence record during a full competitive season. The obtained results showed that there was a high incidence of injury, as 38% of the players suffered some type of injury during the season (range 1–5; 1.75 ± 1.02 injuries per player). Injuries occurred in both matches and during training at a similar percentage (48.6 vs. 51.4%), and the majority of the registered episodes were graded as moderate or severe injury types (60%). Players suffering from an injury accumulated a total of 1587 chronological days off work due to injury during the season, with a recurrence rate of 55%. Considering the high incidence of injury, and the injury burden and the reinjure rate observed in this research, it seems necessary to apply the most efficient prevention and recovery measures possible in these female football teams. These descriptive data could serve athletic trainers and medical staff of female football teams to better understand their own screening procedure-derived data.

scholarly journals ACL injury incidence, severity and patterns in professional male soccer players in a Middle Eastern league

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e000461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raouf Nader Rekik ◽  
Montassar Tabben ◽  
Cristiano Eirale ◽  
Philippe Landreau ◽  
Rachid Bouras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Acl Injury ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Time Loss ◽  
Acl Injuries ◽  
Injury Burden ◽  
And Training

AimTo ascertain ACL injury incidence, severity (injury burden) and patterns (contact/non-contact and reinjuries) in a professional male football league in the Middle East over five consecutive seasons.MethodsProspective epidemiological study reporting ACL injuries in professional male soccer players in the Qatar Stars League, with complete matches/training exposure over five seasons (2013–2014 to 2017–2018), corresponding to 2243 player seasons and 729 team months.Results37 complete ACL ruptures occurred in 37 players during 486 951  hours of player exposure. The overall ACL injury rate was 0.076 injuries/1000  hours of exposure (season range 0.045–0.098). Injury incidence during matches and training was 0.41 and 0.04 injuries/1000  hours of exposure, respectively. Match injury incidence was greater than that of training (OR 11.8, 95%  CI 6.21 to 23.23, p<0.001). Average injury-related time-loss following ACL injury was 225 days±65 (range 116–360). Overall injury burden was 16.3 days lost/1000  hours of exposure.ConclusionThe overall ACL injury rate in professional male soccer players competing in the Middle East was 0.076 injuries/1000  hours of exposure, match injury incidence was greater than training, while the average ACL time-loss was 225 days.

scholarly journals Injury Profile in a Brazilian First-Division Youth Soccer Team: A Prospective Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Gonçalves Cezarino ◽  
Bruno Leonardo da Silva Grüninger ◽  
Rodrigo Scattone Silva
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Thigh Muscle ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Ankle Sprains ◽  
Match Play ◽  
Muscle Disorders ◽  
Youth Soccer ◽  
Level Data ◽  
A Prospective Study

Context Despite the popularity of soccer at the male first-division youth level, data on the incidence of injuries in Brazil are limited. Objective To prospectively study the injury profile of male first-division youth soccer players during 1 season (January to December 2017). Design Descriptive epidemiology study. Setting Data compiled at a youth soccer academy. Patients or Other Participants The study involved 228 players between 10 and 20 years old from a first-division Brazilian soccer academy. Main Outcome Measure(s) Injury incidence rate was reported as the number of injuries divided by overall exposure (training and match hours) multiplied by 1000. The rate ratio (injury incidence rate during matches in relation to training) was also calculated. Time-loss injuries (ie, physical complaints sustained during soccer matches or training that resulted in a player being unable to take part in soccer training or match play) during the season were recorded. Results A total of 187 injuries were documented in 122 players (65.2%). During the season, 100 389 hours of exposure (5995 hours of match play and 94 394 of training) were registered. The overall injury incidence rate was 1.86 per 1000 hours. In total, 4792 days were lost from soccer activities. The majority of injuries were noncontact thigh muscle disorders and ankle sprains. Injury incidence was greater in matches than in training, and the oldest age group (under 20 years old) had the highest injury incidence rate in matches, while the under 17-year-old group had the highest injury incidence rate in training sessions (22.48 and 3.05 per 1000 hours, respectively). Conclusions Muscle injury incidence rates observed among Brazilian soccer athletes under 20 years old were similar to those reported in professional players. Preventive measures are recommended to reduce injury rates. Additionally, the number of injuries incurred during training was high compared with match play, and training programs need to be assessed so that injury prevention can be improved.

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