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UEFA Women's Elite Club Injury Study: a prospective study on 1527 injuries over four consecutive seasons 2018/2019 to 2021/2022 reveals thigh muscle injuries to be most common and ACL injuries most burdensome.
Hallén, Anna; Tomás, Rita; Ekstrand, Jan; Bengtsson, Håkan; Van den Steen, Elke; Hägglund, Martin; Waldén, Markus.
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  • Hallén A; Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden anna.a.hallen@liu.se.
  • Tomás R; Unit of Physiotherapy, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
  • Ekstrand J; Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Portugal Football School, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal.
  • Bengtsson H; PM&R Unit, Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • Van den Steen E; Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden.
  • Hägglund M; Unit of Public Health, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
  • Waldén M; Football Research Group, Linköping, Sweden.
Br J Sports Med ; 58(3): 128-135, 2024 Feb 07.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38182274
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

Injuries in women's football (soccer) have scarcely been investigated, and no study has been conducted in the highest competitive level involving club teams from different countries. Our aim was to investigate the time-loss injury epidemiology and characteristics among women's elite football players over four seasons.

METHODS:

596 players from 15 elite women's teams in Europe were studied prospectively during the 2018/2019 to 2021/2022 seasons (44 team seasons). Medical staff recorded individual player exposure and time-loss injuries. Injury incidence was calculated as the number of injuries per 1000 playing hours and injury burden as the number of days lost per 1000 hours.

RESULTS:

1527 injuries were recorded in 463 players with an injury incidence of 6.7 (95% CI 6.4 to 7.0) injuries per 1000 hours and a nearly fourfold higher incidence during match play compared with training (18.4, 95% CI 16.9 to 19.9 vs 4.8, 95% CI 4.5 to 5.1; rate ratio 3.8, 95% CI 3.5 to 4.2). Thigh muscle injuries (hamstrings 12%, 188/1527, and quadriceps 11%, 171/1527) were the most frequent injury, while anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury had the highest burden (38.0 days lost per 1000 hours, IQR 29.2-52.1) with median days lost of 292 (IQR 246-334) days. Concussions constituted 3% (47/1527) of all injuries, with more than half of them (55%, 26/47) due to ball-related impact.

CONCLUSION:

An elite women's football team can expect approximately 35 time-loss injuries per season. Thigh muscle injury was the most common injury and ACL injury had the highest injury burden.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Fútbol / Lesiones del Ligamento Cruzado Anterior / Traumatismos de la Pierna Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Br J Sports Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suecia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Traumatismos en Atletas / Fútbol / Lesiones del Ligamento Cruzado Anterior / Traumatismos de la Pierna Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Br J Sports Med Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suecia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido