ArticleBiology of sport2023
Mechanisms of ACL injuries in men's football: A systematic video analysis over six seasons in the Qatari professional league.
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- Situations Leading to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Sports: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Mechanisms, Injury Patterns and Biomechanical Factors of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Football (Soccer): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Video-Analysis Studies.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Sport-Specific Injury Mechanisms and Situational Patterns of ACL Injuries: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
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- Mechanisms and situational patterns of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in professional women's football (soccer): A systematic video analysis across 25 leagues (2022-2024).Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- The 3D Biomechanics of Secondary Non-contact ACL Injuries in Two Female Adolescents: A Case Series of an Ipsilateral ACL Re-Rupture and a Contralateral ACL Rupture.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- ACL Rehabilitation Plateaus Across Athlete Populations: Two Case Reports and a Clinical Framework for Identifying Functional Stagnation.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Rethinking knee injury prevention strategies: joint-by-joint training approach paradigm versus traditional focused knee strengthening.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Shoulder dislocations in professional male football (soccer) do not negatively affect long-term quantitative and qualitative performance parameters: A retrospective analysis of 30 in-match injuries of the German Bundesliga.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Evolution of injury burden in Qatari professional football - 8 season data from the Aspetar Injury and Illness Surveillance Programme.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Anterior cruciate ligament injury mechanism in athletes across various sports: a scoping review.Annals of joint · 2025Review
- Injury incidence and characteristics in adolescent female football players: A systematic review with meta-analysis of prospective studies.Biology of sport · 2024Review
- Fractures in professional footballers: 7-years data from 106 team seasons in the Middle East.Biology of sport · 2023Article
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Abstract
To assess the mechanisms of ACL injury in male professional football players in Qatar across multiple seasons using systematic video analysis. 15 ACL injuries occurred in competition among the professional football teams that participated in an injury Surveillance Programme during 6 seasons (2013/2014 to 2018/2019). High-definition broadcast videos of these injuries were analyzed (49 views; 34 slow motion) by five analysts who independently described the injury mechanisms (situation, behavior, biomechanical characteristics) using validated observational tools. A knee valgus mechanism was observed in two-thirds of the cases (1 with direct contact to the knee, 3 with indirect contact (other body parts) and 6 with no contact). No visible valgus was reported in 2 of the direct knee contact injuries, while 3 cases of non-contact and indirect contact injuries were unclear. We observed 4 main categories of injury situation among those (n = 12) classified as non-contact/ indirect contact (multiple combinations were possible): pressing (n = 6), tackling or being tackled (n = 4), blocking (n = 3) and screening (n = 2). Direct contact injuries (n = 3) were suffered by 2 players during tackling and 1 whilst being tackled. Contact injuries represented only 20% of ACL injuries occurring during competition in Qatari professional soccer players. Independent of the playing situation, knee valgus was frequently observed (10/15 cases). Pressing was the most common situation (6/15 cases) leading to injury. Landing after heading was not reported in any of these ACL injuries.
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