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ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2023

Development of a Standardised System to Classify Injury-Inciting Circumstances in Football: the Football Injury Inciting Circumstances Classification System (FIICCS).

Francesco Aiello, Alan McCall, Susan J Brown, Andreas Serner, Lauren V Fortington, Suzanne Afra Elisabeth Huurman, Colin Lewin, Masashi Nagao, James O'Brien, Anastasia Panossian and 4 more

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Article in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14 authors.

Francesco AielloArsenal Performance and Research Team, Arsenal Football Club, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4953-106X
Alan McCallArsenal Performance and Research Team, Arsenal Football Club, London, UK. a.mccall@napier.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3780-8153
Susan J BrownSchool of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2940-7763
Andreas SernerFIFA Medical, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4308-901X
Lauren V FortingtonSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2760-9249
Suzanne Afra Elisabeth HuurmanMedical Department Real Madrid CF, Madrid, Spain.
Colin LewinThe Lewin Sports Injury Clinic, East London, UK.
Masashi NagaoMedical Technology Innovation Center, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
James O'BrienRed Bull Athlete Performance Center, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1089-635X
Anastasia PanossianChelsea FC, London, UK.
Ricard PrunaFC Barcelona Medical Services, Barcelona, Spain.
Guilherme Passos RamosBrazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6529-2388
Matthew WhalanCentre of Medical and Exercise Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1532-7877
Franco M ImpellizzeriFaculty of Health, Sport and Exercise Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1703-2573

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA comprehensive examination of the sport-specific activities and circumstances being performed at the time of injury is important to hypothesise mechanisms, develop prevention strategies and inform future investigations. Results reported in the literature are inconsistent because inciting activities are reported using different classifications. Hence the aim was to develop a standardised system for the reporting of inciting circumstances.

methodsThe system was developed using a modified Nominal Group Technique. The initial panel included 12 sports practitioners and researchers from four continents with respectively ≥ 5 years of experience working in professional football and/or conducting injury research. The process consisted of six phases: idea generation, two surveys, one online meeting and two confirmations. For answers to the closed questions, consensus was deemed achieved if ≥ 70% of respondents agreed. Open-ended answers were qualitatively analysed and then introduced in subsequent phases.

resultsTen panellists completed the study. The risk of attrition bias was low. The developed system includes a comprehensive range of inciting circumstances across five domains: contact type, ball situation, physical activity, session details, contextual information. The system also distinguishes between a core set (essential reporting) and an optional set. The panel deemed all the domains to be important and easy to use both in football and in research environments.

conclusionA system to classify inciting circumstances in football was developed. Given the extent of reporting inconsistency of inciting circumstances in the available literature, this can be used while further studies evaluate its reliability.

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Athletic InjuriesSoccerExerciseHumansReproducibility of Results

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