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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2020

Time before return to play for the most common injuries in professional football: a 16-year follow-up of the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study.

Jan Ekstrand, Werner Krutsch, Armin Spreco, Wart van Zoest, Craig Roberts, Tim Meyer, Håkan Bengtsson

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Article 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 NCT05163470 (Effectiveness of a New On Field Rehabilitation Framework for Return to Sport in Injured Elite Football Players - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 115 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT05163470 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Effectiveness of a New On Field Rehabilitation Framework for Return to Sport in Injured Elite Football Players - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PatrasRan2021 to 2022Enrolled125ConditionsSport InjuryArmsearly on filed functional rehabilitation, traditional on filed functional rehabilitation
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115 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 233 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jan EkstrandDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden jan.ekstrand@telia.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6092-266X
Werner KrutschDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Universitatsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Armin SprecoDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Athletics Research Centre, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Wart van ZoestDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, St Anna Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Craig RobertsAFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK.
Tim MeyerInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Håkan BengtssonDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-5909
Linköping University · SESaarland University · DEUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe objective was to describe the typical duration of absence following the most common injury diagnoses in professional football.

methodsInjuries were registered by medical staff members of football clubs participating in the Union of European Football Association Elite Club Injury Study. Duration of absence due to an injury was defined by the number of days that passed between the date of the injury occurrence and the date when the medical team allowed the player to return to full participation. In total, 22 942 injuries registered during 494 team-seasons were included in the study.

resultsThe 31 most common injury diagnoses constituted a total of 78 % of all reported injuries. Most of these injuries were either mild (leading to a median absence of 7 days or less, 6440 cases = 42%) or moderate (median absence: 7-28 days, 56% = 8518 cases) while only few (2% = 311 cases) were severe (median absence of >28 days). The mean duration of absence from training and competition was significantly different (p < 0.05) between index injuries and re-injuries for six diagnoses (Achilles tendon pain, calf muscle injury, groin adductor pain, hamstring muscle injuries and quadriceps muscle injury) with longer absence following re-injuries for all six diagnoses

conclusionsThe majority of all time loss due to injuries in professional football stems from injuries with an individual absence of up to 4 weeks. This article can provide guidelines for expected time away from training and competition for the most common injury types as well as for its realistic range.

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Return to SportAthletic InjuriesCompetitive BehaviorEuropeHumansInjury Severity ScoreMalePhysical Conditioning, HumanPrognosisRecurrenceSoccerTime Factorsepidemiologyinjuriesreturn to playsoccer

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