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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2024

Systematic video analysis of ACL injuries in professional Spanish male football (soccer): injury mechanisms, situational patterns, biomechanics and neurocognitive errors - a study on 115 consecutive cases.

Matthew Buckthorpe, Luca Pirli Capitani, Jesus Olivares-Jabalera, Jesus Olmo, Francesco Della Villa

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Matthew BuckthorpeEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.
Luca Pirli CapitaniEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.
Jesus Olivares-JabaleraFootball Science Institute Research Lab, Football Science Institute, Granada, Spain.
Jesus OlmoEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.
Francesco Della VillaEducation and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy.

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Objective: A few video analysis studies have been published in recent years, but none specifically on Spanish football. We aimed to describe the mechanisms, situational patterns, biomechanics and neurocognitive errors related to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in professional Spanish football matches. Methods: We identified 167 consecutive ACL injuries across 12 seasons of the top two leagues in Spanish football. 115 (69%) injury videos were analysed for mechanism and situational pattern, while biomechanical analysis was possible in 81 cases. Neurocognitive errors were investigated for all non-contact injuries. Three independent reviewers evaluated each video. ACL injury epidemiology-month, timing within the match and pitch location at the time of injury was also documented. Results: More injuries occurred in defensive (n=68, 59%) than offensive (n=48, 41%) (p<0.01) playing situations. 16 (14%) injuries were direct contact, 49 (43%) indirect contact and 50 (43%) non-contact. Most injuries (89%) occurred during four main situational patterns: (1) pressing/tackling (n=47, 47%); (2) tackled (n=23, 23%); (3) landing from a jump (n=12, 12%) and regaining balance after kicking (n=6, 6%). Injuries generally involved a knee-dominant loading strategy in the sagittal plane with abducted hip and knee valgus. Of the non-contact injuries, 39 (78%) were deemed to involve a neurocognitive error. More (58%) injuries occurred in the first half of matches (p<0.01). Conclusions: ACL injuries in Spanish football occurred similarly with non-contact and indirect contact mechanisms (44%). Four in five non-contact injuries involved a neurocognitive error. Most injuries occurred during four previously identified situational patterns, with more injuries earlier in the match.

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BiomechanicsFootballKnee ACLSporting injuries

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