@article{ref1,
title="UEFA injury study--an injury audit of European Championships 2006 to 2008",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2009",
author="Hagglund, M. and Walden, M. and Ekstrand, J.",
volume="43",
number="7",
pages="483-489",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence and nature of injuries at European Championships, to compare training and match injury characteristics and to study differences in injury incidence between tournaments. <br><br>DESIGN: Team physicians prospectively recorded individual player exposure and time loss injuries during 12 European Championships (men's EURO n = 1, men's Under-21 n = 2, men's Under-19 n = 3, men's Under-17 n = 3, women's Under-19 n = 3) from 2006 to 2008. SETTING: International football tournaments. PARTICIPANTS: 1594 men and 433 women. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENT: Injury incidence. <br><br>RESULTS: 224 injuries (45 training, 179 match play) were registered among 208 (10%) players. No differences in training injury incidence were seen between tournaments (range 1.3-3.9 injuries/1000 hours). The men's EURO had the highest match injury incidence (41.6 injuries/1000 hours) followed by the men's Under-21 tournaments (33.9). The lowest match injury incidence was seen in the women's Under-19 tournaments (20.5). Training injuries constituted 20% of all injuries and caused 26% of all match unavailability. A greater proportion of match injuries were due to trauma (83 vs 47%, p<0.001) and occurred from player contact (75 vs 48%, p = 0.018) compared to training injuries. A higher frequency of re-injury was found among training injuries than match injuries (20 vs 6%, p = 0.009). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Match injury incidence increased with age, indicating greater risk with higher intensity of play. Training injury incidence was relatively low, but training injuries were responsible for a quarter of all match unavailability and may thus have a profound impact on team performance and should be the object of preventive measures.  Keywords: Soccer <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsm.2008.056937",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2008.056937"
}