Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study

摘要: Objective To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow variation of incidence during a match, season over consecutive seasons. Design Prospective cohort where teams were followed for seven seasons. Team medical staff recorded individual player exposure time-loss injuries from 2001 2008. Setting European men's football. Participants The first team squads 23 selected by Union Football Associations as belonging 50 best teams. Main outcome measurement Injury incidence. Results 4483 occurred 566 000 h exposure, giving an 8.0 injuries/1000 h. matches was higher than training (27.5 vs 4.1, p<0.0001). A sustained on average 2.0 per season, with typically 25 players can thus expect about each season. single most common subtype thigh strain, representing 17% all injuries. Re-injuries constituted 12% injuries, they caused longer absences non re-injuries (24 18 days, match showed increasing tendency time both second halves (p<0.0001). Traumatic hamstring strains more frequent competitive while overuse preseason. Training incidences stable period no significant differences between seasons. Conclusions risk increased half matches.