Injury epidemiology in Australian male professional soccer. Issue 6 (June 2020)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Injury epidemiology in Australian male professional soccer. Issue 6 (June 2020)
- Main Title:
- Injury epidemiology in Australian male professional soccer
- Authors:
- Lu, Donna
McCall, Alan
Jones, Mark
Kovalchik, Stephanie
Steinweg, Jeff
Gelis, Les
Duffield, Rob - Abstract:
- Abstract: Objectives: To describe the injury epidemiology of the Australian male professional soccer league (A-League) over 6 consecutive seasons. Design: Prospective observational cohort study. Methods: Match-loss injury data was collected from each A-League club (n = 10) for each competition match (n = 27/season) over 6 seasons (2012/13–2017/18). Injuries were collected weekly through a standardised protocol and were classified by setting, mechanism, severity, the type and location on the body. Generalised Linear Models were used to estimate the injury incidences (injury/round/season), whilst rate ratios were reported for total injuries and within abovementioned injury classifications. Results: Overall injury incidence was not significantly different ranging from 4.8 (95%CI:4.1–5.8) to 6.7 (95%CI:5.8–7.8) between seasons 2012/13 to 2017/18 (p > 0.05). Match injuries remained stable whilst training injuries decreased across the 6 seasons (exp(β) 0.59[95%CI:0.36–1.0]; p = 0.04). Respectively, contact and non-contact injuries were not significantly different across the 6 seasons, although non-contact injuries were more common than contact injuries (p > 0.05). Mild severity injuries decreased (exp(β) 0.64 [95%CI:0.4–0.9];p = 0.02), whilst moderate severity injuries increased (exp(β) 1.7 [95%CI:1.0–2.8];p = 0.04) in season 2017/18 compared to 2012/13. The most common injuries were at thigh (23–36%), of which the majority were hamstring injuries (54%–65%) of muscle/tendon typeAbstract: Objectives: To describe the injury epidemiology of the Australian male professional soccer league (A-League) over 6 consecutive seasons. Design: Prospective observational cohort study. Methods: Match-loss injury data was collected from each A-League club (n = 10) for each competition match (n = 27/season) over 6 seasons (2012/13–2017/18). Injuries were collected weekly through a standardised protocol and were classified by setting, mechanism, severity, the type and location on the body. Generalised Linear Models were used to estimate the injury incidences (injury/round/season), whilst rate ratios were reported for total injuries and within abovementioned injury classifications. Results: Overall injury incidence was not significantly different ranging from 4.8 (95%CI:4.1–5.8) to 6.7 (95%CI:5.8–7.8) between seasons 2012/13 to 2017/18 (p > 0.05). Match injuries remained stable whilst training injuries decreased across the 6 seasons (exp(β) 0.59[95%CI:0.36–1.0]; p = 0.04). Respectively, contact and non-contact injuries were not significantly different across the 6 seasons, although non-contact injuries were more common than contact injuries (p > 0.05). Mild severity injuries decreased (exp(β) 0.64 [95%CI:0.4–0.9];p = 0.02), whilst moderate severity injuries increased (exp(β) 1.7 [95%CI:1.0–2.8];p = 0.04) in season 2017/18 compared to 2012/13. The most common injuries were at thigh (23–36%), of which the majority were hamstring injuries (54%–65%) of muscle/tendon type (50–60% of total injuries/season). Injuries remained stable across the seasons by type and location (p > 0.05 and p > 0.05, respectively). Conclusions: Injury rates, mechanisms, locations and types have remained relatively stable over recent seasons of the A-League. Current Australian professional soccer league medical practices may have contributed to the stability of injury rates. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of science and medicine in sport. Volume 23:Issue 6(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of science and medicine in sport
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Issue 6(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 6 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0023-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 574
- Page End:
- 579
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06
- Subjects:
- Incidence -- Injury prevention -- Football -- Team sport
Sports sciences -- Periodicals
Sports medicine -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals
Sports -- physiology -- Periodicals
Sports Medicine -- Periodicals
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617.102705 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14402440 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jsams.2020.01.006 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1440-2440
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