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The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of hamstring injuries
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- BMJ Group, 2004.
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Abstract
- Objective: To conduct a detailed analysis of hamstring injuries sustained in English professional football over two competitive seasons. Methods: Club medical staff at 91 professional football clubs annotated player injuries over two seasons. A specific injury audit questionnaire was used together with a weekly form that documented each clubs' current injury status. Results: Completed injury records for the two competitive seasons were obtained from 87% and 76% of the participating clubs respectively. Hamstring strains accounted for 12% of the total injuries over the two seasons with nearly half (53%) involving the biceps femoris. An average of five hamstring strains per club per season was observed. A total of 13 116 days and 2029 matches were missed because of hamstring strains, giving an average of 90 days and 15 matches missed per club per season. In 57% of cases, the injury occurred during running. Hamstring strains were most often observed during matches (62%) with an increase at the end of each half (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Adolescent
education
Poison control
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Football
Age Distribution
Recurrence
Risk Factors
Tendon Injuries
Injury prevention
Sprains and strains
Soccer
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Prospective Studies
Hamstring injury
Medical Audit
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Incidence
General Medicine
Posterior compartment of thigh
medicine.disease
humanities
England
Physical therapy
Sprains and Strains
Original Article
Seasons
business
Hamstring
Leg Injuries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b1ddc5ad8ad7080a0b0175196e2eb91