@article{ref1,
title="Injuries in professional male soccer players in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study",
journal="Journal of athletic training",
year="2014",
author="Stubbe, Janine and van Beijsterveldt, Anne-Marie and van der Knaap, Sissi and Stege, Jasper and Verhagen, Evert and Van Mechelen, Willem and Backx, Frank J. G.",
volume="50",
number="2",
pages="211-216",
abstract="CONTEXT :  Injuries are a major adverse event in a soccer player's career. Reducing injury incidence requires a thorough knowledge of the epidemiology of soccer injuries. <br><br>OBJECTIVE :  To investigate the incidence and characteristics of injuries in the Dutch premier soccer league. Design :  Cohort study. Setting :  The Dutch premier soccer league. Patients or Other Participants :  During the 2009-2010 soccer season, a total of 217 professional soccer players from 8 teams were prospectively followed. Main Outcome Measure(s) :  The medical staff recorded time-loss injuries, including information on injuries (ie, type, body part, duration) and exposure data for training sessions and matches. <br><br>RESULTS :  A6 total of 286 injuries were recorded, affecting 62.7% of the players. The overall injury incidence was 6.2 injuries per 1000 player-hours, 2.8 in training sessions and 32.8 in matches. Most of the recorded injuries were acute (68.5%). Eight percent of the injuries were classified as recurrent. Injuries were most likely to be located in the lower extremities (82.9%). Injury time loss ranged from 1 to 752 days, with a median of 8 days. Knee injuries had the greatest consequences in terms of days of absence from soccer play (on average, 45 days). The most common diagnosis was muscle/tendon injury of the lower extremities (32.9%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS :  Injury risk in the Dutch premier soccer league is high, especially during matches. Preventive measures should focus on the most common diagnoses, namely, muscle/tendon injuries of the lower extremities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1062-6050",
doi="10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.64",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.64"
}