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Injury incidence in elite youth field hockey players at the 2016 European Championships
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0201834 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2018.
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Abstract
- Despite being an essential consideration when deciding rule changes, injury prevention strategies, and athlete development models, there is little epidemiological data of U18 field hockey player injuries–something explicitly referred to in the 2015 International Olympic Committee’s Consensus Statement on Youth Athlete Development. The aim of this study was to quantify incidence and characteristics of injuries in elite youth field hockey players during a major international tournament. Standardized reporting forms detailing time, location on pitch, mechanism and anatomical location of injury were completed for new musculoskeletal conditions resulting in a time stoppage by the umpire and where a player was noticeably affected by an injury for up to 20 s regardless of time stoppage. Injury incidence was 1.35 and 2.20 injuries/match or 53 and 86 injuries per 1000 player match hours for boys (B) and girls (G) respectively; girls were over three times more likely to have a minor injury. Most injuries were contusions due to being hit by the ball or stick (B: 12, G: 27), with high numbers of injuries to the torso (B: 8) and head/face (G: 7). Injuries during the penalty corner (B: 3, G: 4) were to the lower limb and hand, and boys were less likely to wear facial protection (B: 65.9%, G: 86.4%). Results form an essential initial dataset of injuries in U18 field hockey players. Current reporting protocols under-report injuries and must be addressed by the international governing body. The high number of head/face injuries, particularly in females, requires further investigation.
- Subjects :
- Male
Minor injury
Field hockey
Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
lcsh:Medicine
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Public and Occupational Health
lcsh:Science
Trauma Medicine
030222 orthopedics
Multidisciplinary
Incidence
Head injury
Sports Science
Europe
Head Injury
Athletic Injuries
Safety Equipment
Injury incidence
Engineering and Technology
Female
Safety
Anatomy
Games
Traumatic Injury
Research Article
Sports
medicine.medical_specialty
Equipment
Lower limb
03 medical and health sciences
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
ddc:610
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Personal Protective Equipment
Behavior
business.industry
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
030229 sport sciences
medicine.disease
Otorhinolaryngology
Hockey
Athletes
Face
Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma
Elite
Physical therapy
Recreation
lcsh:Q
business
human activities
Head
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2d3d938fac80baed0affa5c245a8d590