Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men`s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22
Objectives: To: (1) describe hamstring injury incidence and burden in male professional football players over 21 seasons (2001/02 to 2021/22); (2) analyse the time-trends of hamstring muscle injuries over the most recent eight seasons (2014/15 to 2021/22); and (3) describe hamstring injury location, mechanism and recurrence rate.
Methods: 3909 players from 54 teams (in 20 European countries) from 2001/02 to 2021/22 (21 consecutive seasons) were included. Team medical staff recorded individual player exposure and time-loss injuries. Time-trend analyses were performed with Poisson regression using generalised linear models.
Results: 2636 hamstring injuries represented 19% of all reported injuries, with the proportion of all injuries increasing from 12% during the first season to 24% in the most recent season. During that same period, the percentage of all injury absence days caused by hamstring injuries increased from 10% to 20%. Between 2014/15 and 2021/22, training hamstring injury incidence increased (6.7% annually, 95% CI 1.7% to 12.5%) as did burden (9.0% annually, 95% CI 1.2% to 18.3%). During those years, the match hamstring injury incidence also increased (3.9% annually, 95% CI 0.1% to 7.9%) and with the same trend (not statistically significant) for match hamstring injury burden (6.2% annually, 95% CI -0.5% to 15.0%).
Conclusions: Hamstring injury proportions—in number of injuries and total absence days—doubled during the 21-year period of study. During the last eight seasons, hamstring injury rates have increased both in training and match play.
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Aiheet: | jalkapallo vamma reisilihakset miespuolinen analyysi aika paluu urheiluun kilpailu ammattilaisurheilu |
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Aihealueet: | urheilukilpailut biologiset ja lääketieteelliset tieteet |
DOI: | 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105407 |
Julkaisussa: | British Journal of Sports Medicine |
Julkaistu: |
2023
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Vuosikerta: | 57 |
Numero: | 5 |
Sivuja: | 292-298 |
Julkaisutyypit: | artikkeli |
Kieli: | englanti (kieli) |
Taso: | kehittynyt |