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ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine2005

Methods for epidemiological study of injuries to professional football players: developing the UEFA model.

M Hägglund, M Waldén, R Bahr, J Ekstrand

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Review in British journal of sports medicine, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 183 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

183 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021
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  4. Injury Profile of Male and Female Senior and Youth Handball Players: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  12. Increase in ACL and PCL injuries after implementation of a new professional football league.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016
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  13. Risk factors for acute knee injury in female youth football.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M HägglundDepartment of Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
M Waldén
R Bahr
J Ekstrand

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A problem with epidemiological studies of football injuries is the inconsistent manner in which injury is defined and data are collected. Projects have been initiated to study the incidence and causes of injury in football, but there is no uniformly accepted reporting system. In this report, some common pitfalls encountered in the recording of injury are addressed, and practical guidelines for epidemiological studies are provided. An injury reporting system developed for the UEFA Football Safety Project for studies on professional footballers is used as a starting point for a general discussion on injury registration and compared with other existing reporting systems. The recording definition of injury may vary between studies depending on its purpose. A time loss injury definition is practical for all playing levels, and, as a minimum, results on time loss injuries should therefore always be reported separately to allow direct comparisons between studies. There is a need to agree on a uniform sports injury classification system with corresponding diagnostic criteria, as well as standardised return to play criteria after injury.

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Athletic InjuriesEpidemiologic StudiesHumansInjury Severity ScoreRecurrenceSoccer

Identifiers

PMID15911603
PMCPMC1725241

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