Journal
BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001172
Keywords
football; epidemiology; injury
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- UEFA
- Swedish Football Association
- Swedish Research Council for Sport Science
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A larger proportion of injuries occur in training in South American professional football compared to European professional football, with ligament injuries in training being more common among South American teams.
Objective To describe the injury epidemiology in professional football in South America and compare it with European professional football. Methods Data about football exposures and injury occurrences were registered in Six teams participating in Copa Libertadores in 2016. These teams' exposure and injury data were compared with teams participating in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study during the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons. Results A total of 271 injuries were reported in the South American cohort representing a training injury incidence of 3.2 (95% CI=2.7 to 3.7) injuries/1000 hours of training exposure and 20.9 (95% CI=17.3 to 25.1) injuries/1000 hours of match exposure. While no differences in muscle injury incidence were observed between South American and European teams, the ligament injury incidence in training among South American teams was significantly higher than European teams (0.6 vs 0.3, RR 1.87, 95% CI 1.21 to 2.87). In addition, a significantly higher proportion of all reported injuries among South American teams than European teams occurred in training. Conclusions A larger proportion of injuries occur in training in South American compared with European professional football. Specifically, ligament injuries in training were more frequent among South American teams.
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