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SynthesisBritish journal of sports medicine2020

Epidemiology of injuries in professional football: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Alejandro López-Valenciano, Iñaki Ruiz-Pérez, Alberto Garcia-Gómez, Francisco J Vera-Garcia, Mark De Ste Croix, Gregory D Myer, Francisco Ayala

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Synthesis in British journal of sports medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06599164 (Evaluation of Muscular Anthrogenic Inhibition of the Vasto Medialis in Indoor Soccer Players With Anterior Cruciate Ligament), which is not on this map. Cited by 187 papers, 22 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06599164 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of Muscular Anthrogenic Inhibition of the Vasto Medialis in Indoor Soccer Players With Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury in Comparison With Non-Injured Players: Observational Cohort Study

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of AlcalaRan2025 to 2026Enrolled64ConditionsAnterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Knee InjuriesArmsAnthrogenic Muscle Inhibition (AMI) Assessment Protocol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

187 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Epidemiology of injuries in young volleyball athletes: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023
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  15. A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Workload and Injury Risk of Professional Male Soccer Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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127 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alejandro López-ValencianoSports Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5443-5101
Iñaki Ruiz-PérezSports Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
Alberto Garcia-GómezOperative Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
Francisco J Vera-GarciaDepartment of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Spain.
Mark De Ste CroixFaculty of Applied Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, UK.
Gregory D MyerPediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-813X
Francisco AyalaSports Research Centre, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Elche, Spain fayala@umh.es.

Funding

Real-Time Sensorimotor Feedback for Injury Prevention Assessed in Virtual RealityU01AR067997 · NIAMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MYER, GREGORY DONALD · 2016 to 2022
$3.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR067997
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological data of injuries in professional male football.

methodForty-four studies have reported the incidence of injuries in football. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed trial quality using the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology statement and Newcastle Ottawa Scale. Studies were combined in a pooled analysis using a Poisson random effects regression model.

resultsThe overall incidence of injuries in professional male football players was 8.1 injuries/1000 hours of exposure. Match injury incidence (36 injuries/1000 hours of exposure) was almost 10 times higher than training injury incidence rate (3.7 injuries/1000 hours of exposure). Lower extremity injuries had the highest incidence rates (6.8 injuries/1000 hours of exposure). The most common types of injuries were muscle/tendon (4.6 injuries/1000 hours of exposure), which were frequently associated with traumatic incidents. Minor injuries (1-3 days of time loss) were the most common. The incidence rate of injuries in the top 5 European professional leagues was not different to that of the professional leagues in other countries (6.8 vs 7.6 injuries/1000 hours of exposure, respectively).

conclusionsProfessional male football players have a substantial risk of sustaining injuries, especially during matches.

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Athletic InjuriesSoccerCompetitive BehaviorHumansIncidenceInjury Severity ScoreLower ExtremityMuscle, SkeletalObservational Studies as TopicRecurrenceRisk FactorsTendon Injuriesfootballinjuryprevention

Identifiers

PMID31171515
PMCPMC9929604

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