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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2020

Improving predictor selection for injury modelling methods in male footballers.

Fraser Philp, Ahmad Al-Shallawi, Theocharis Kyriacou, Dimitra Blana, Anand Pandyan

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  1. Development of an Injury Burden Prediction Model in Professional Baseball Pitchers.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022
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Fraser PhilpSchool of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University, Keele, Staffordhire, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8552-7869
Ahmad Al-ShallawiInstitute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
Theocharis KyriacouSchool of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
Dimitra BlanaInstitute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
Anand PandyanSchool of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University, Keele, Staffordhire, UK.

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objectivesThis objective of this study was to evaluate whether combining existing methods of elastic net for zero-inflated Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson regression methods could improve real-life applicability of injury prediction models in football.

methodsPredictor selection and model development was conducted on a pre-existing dataset of 24 male participants from a single English football team's 2015/2016 season.

resultsThe elastic net for zero-inflated Poisson penalty method was successful in shrinking the total number of predictors in the presence of high levels of multicollinearity. It was additionally identified that easily measurable data, that is, mass and body fat content, training type, duration and surface, fitness levels, normalised period of 'no-play' and time in competition could contribute to the probability of acquiring a time-loss injury. Furthermore, prolonged series of match-play and increased in-season injury reduced the probability of not sustaining an injury.

conclusionFor predictor selection, the elastic net for zero-inflated Poisson penalised method in combination with the use of ZIP regression modelling for predicting time-loss injuries have been identified appropriate methods for improving real-life applicability of injury prediction models. These methods are more appropriate for datasets subject to multicollinearity, smaller sample sizes and zero-inflation known to affect the performance of traditional statistical methods. Further validation work is now required.

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