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ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2024

The Football Association Injury and Illness Surveillance Study: The Incidence, Burden and Severity of Injuries and Illness in Men's and Women's International Football.

Bradley Sprouse, Jon Alty, Steve Kemp, Charlotte Cowie, Ritan Mehta, Alicia Tang, John Morris, Simon Cooper, Ian Varley

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Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Bradley SprouseSport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3655-2478
Jon AltyThe Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
Steve KempThe Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
Charlotte CowieThe Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
Ritan MehtaThe Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
Alicia TangThe Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
John MorrisSport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6508-7897
Simon CooperSport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5219-5020
Ian VarleySport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. Ian.Varley@ntu.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3607-8921

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TheFA 985903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the incidence and characteristics of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football.

methodsTime-loss injuries and illnesses, alongside match and training exposure, were collected across 8 seasons (2012-2020) in youth (U15, U16, U17, U18, U19) and senior (U20, U21, U23, senior) English men's and women's international teams. Analysis of incidence, burden, and severity of injury and illness was completed. Sex-specific comparisons were made between the senior and youth groups, and across the 8 seasons of data collection.

resultsIn men's international football, 535 injuries were recorded (216 senior; 319 youth) during 73,326 h of exposure. Overall, match injury incidence (31.1 ± 10.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (454.0 ± 195.9 d absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (4.0 ± 1.0 injuries/1000 h) and burden (51.0 ± 21.8 d absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, 503 injuries were recorded (senior: 177; youth: 326) during 80,766 h of exposure and match injury incidence (27.6 ± 11.3 injuries/1000 h) and burden (506.7 ± 350.2 days absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (5.1 ± 1.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (87.6 ± 32.8 days absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, a group × season interaction was observed for training injury incidence (P = 0.021), with the senior group recording a greater training injury incidence during the 2015-2016 season compared to the youth group (14.4 vs 5.7 injuries/1000 h; P = 0.022). There was no difference in injury severity between match and training for men's (P = 0.965) and women's (P = 0.064) international football.

conclusionsThe findings provide a comprehensive examination of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football. Practitioners will be able to benchmark their team's injury and illness incidence and characteristics to the match-play and training information provided in the present study.

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Athletic InjuriesSoccerAdolescentFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleYoung Adult

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PMID33369724
PMCPMC7768595

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