Risk Factors for Injuries in Football
Background The injury risk in football is high, but little is known about causes of injury. Purpose To identify risk factors for football injuries using a multivariate model. Study Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Participants were 306 male football players from the two highest divisions in...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0363546503258912 2024-09-15T18:13:29+00:00 Risk Factors for Injuries in Football Arnason, Arni Sigurdsson, Stefan B. Gudmundsson, Arni Holme, Ingar Engebretsen, Lars Bahr, Roald 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363546503258912 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0363546503258912 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0363546503258912 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The American Journal of Sports Medicine volume 32, issue 1_suppl, page 5-16 ISSN 0363-5465 1552-3365 journal-article 2004 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546503258912 2024-09-03T04:19:29Z Background The injury risk in football is high, but little is known about causes of injury. Purpose To identify risk factors for football injuries using a multivariate model. Study Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Participants were 306 male football players from the two highest divisions in Iceland. Before the 1999 football season started, the following factors were examined: height, weight, body composition, flexibility, leg extension power, jump height, peak O2 uptake, joint stability, and history of previous injury. Injuries and player exposure were recorded throughout the competitive season. Results Older players were at higher risk of injury in general (odds ratio [OR] = 1.1 per year, P = 0.05). For hamstring strains, the significant risk factors were age (OR = 1.4 [1 year], P < 0.001) and previous hamstring strains (OR = 11.6, P < 0.001). For groin strains, the predictor risk factors were previous groin strains (OR = 7.3, P = 0.001) and decreased range of motion in hip abduction (OR = 0.9 [1°], P = 0.05). Previous injury was also identified as a risk factor for knee (OR = 4.6) and ankle sprains (OR = 5.3). Conclusions Age and previous injury were identified as the main risk factors for injury among elite football players from Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications The American Journal of Sports Medicine 32 1_suppl 5 16 |
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Background The injury risk in football is high, but little is known about causes of injury. Purpose To identify risk factors for football injuries using a multivariate model. Study Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Participants were 306 male football players from the two highest divisions in Iceland. Before the 1999 football season started, the following factors were examined: height, weight, body composition, flexibility, leg extension power, jump height, peak O2 uptake, joint stability, and history of previous injury. Injuries and player exposure were recorded throughout the competitive season. Results Older players were at higher risk of injury in general (odds ratio [OR] = 1.1 per year, P = 0.05). For hamstring strains, the significant risk factors were age (OR = 1.4 [1 year], P < 0.001) and previous hamstring strains (OR = 11.6, P < 0.001). For groin strains, the predictor risk factors were previous groin strains (OR = 7.3, P = 0.001) and decreased range of motion in hip abduction (OR = 0.9 [1°], P = 0.05). Previous injury was also identified as a risk factor for knee (OR = 4.6) and ankle sprains (OR = 5.3). Conclusions Age and previous injury were identified as the main risk factors for injury among elite football players from Iceland. |
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