Injury Patterns In Football Research Articles

Nine typical injury patterns in German professional male football (soccer): a systematic visual video analysis of 345 match injuries

AimWe aimed to systematically analyse the videos of acute injuries in professional men’s football and describe typical injury patterns.MethodsInjuries were registered with the German statutory accident insurance for professional athletes...

Injuries Among Recreational Football Players: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study.

To establish the incidence and patterns of football injuries and associated consequences in daily life and labor loss, among public employees. Prospective cohort study. Football tournament between public employees in Turkey. A total of 1821 recreational players from 78 teams. Injury rates (injuries per 1000 hours of football exposure) during tournament by age group, as well as prevalence, severity, and injury types were recorded. The data regarding the occurrence (eg, location, type, circumstances) and consequences (eg, absenteeism, medical treatment, labor loss) of injuries were collected. Of the 1821 football players registered for participation, 57% (n = 1038) were included in the study with the returned questionnaire forms. In total, 257 matches were played with a total exposure time of 5654 hours. A total of 218 injuries were recorded in 192 players (10.5%), resulting in a mean of 0.85 time-loss injuries per match (38.6 per 1000 hours). Severe injuries constituted 42.6% of all injuries, and 28.9% of all injuries caused the participants to be absent at least 1 day for the next working day. The total labor loss was 1196 days for all injuries. The rate of missing subsequent working day was significantly less for muscle injuries (P < 0.05). The risk of injury in recreational football players is relatively high causing significant labor loss. The results suggest that prevention programs should consider specific injury characteristics, as there is a greater incidence of muscle and anterior cruciate ligament injuries in this population.

Epidemiology of football injuries in Asia: A prospective study in Qatar

ObjectivesTo investigate the incidence, characteristics and patterns of football injuries at club level in Qatar. DesignProspective cohort study. MethodsData were prospectively collected from the first division football league clubs in Qatar, in accordance with the international consensus statement on football injury epidemiology. An injury was defined as any physical complaint sustained during football activity resulting in the inability to participate fully in the next training or match. Individual injuries and exposure of each player were recorded by the medical staff of each team over one season. ResultsA total of 217 injuries were recorded, with an injury rate during matches of 14.5/1000h (95% CI: 11.6–18.0) compared with 4.4/1000h during training sessions (95% CI: 3.7–5.2). More than one third of all injuries were muscle strains (36.4%). Hamstring strains (54.4% of all muscle strains) exhibited a higher incidence than all other injury types (p<0.001). The thigh was the most frequent injury location (41.9%, p<0.001). Reinjuries (15% of total injuries) were mainly comprised of muscle strains associated with a higher severity compared with new injuries. ConclusionsDespite the different environmental, social and cultural setting, our findings are comparable with previous data from European club football, confirming the previous finding at national team level that there are no regional peculiarities of football injuries in this part of the Asiatic continent.The relatively high overuse injury incidence rate and the high recurrence rate for (severe) thigh muscle strains, especially during games, warrants prevention strategies.

Dental injury patterns in football

Summary Mouthguard design requires an understanding of dental injury patterns in football. The dental injuries illustrated the inadequacies of mouthguards purchased “over the counter” compared to mouthguards professionally constructed on models of the athletes' teeth. The relevance of age, sex, sport and level of participation are used to indicate the extent of dental injuries expected.