@article{ref1,
title="Evaluating a standardised tool to explore the nature and extent of foot and ankle injuries in amateur and semi-professional footballers",
journal="Foot, The",
year="2014",
author="Evans, S. and Walker-Bone, K. and Otter, S.",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="19-29",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Most studies of football injuries include professional players and data have been collected in without a single validated, standardised tool. We aimed to develop a new standardised questionnaire for assessing injuries among non-professional footballers and pilot its use. <br><br>METHOD: A questionnaire was developed using input from footballers, healthcare professionals and triangulation from the literature. The new tool was piloted among players representing amateurs and semi-professionals. Their comments were used iteratively to improve the instrument. <br><br>RESULTS: The development phase produced a 33-item questionnaire collecting quantitative and qualitative data. In the pilot phase, 42 questionnaires were distributed, 34 (81%) returned. Respondents reported total of 273 football-related injuries, 114 affecting the foot/ankle (70 at the ankle and 44 at the foot). In total, 44% of respondents had suffered one or more foot/ankle injuries in the past 12 months. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We developed a new standardised tool which we found to be well-completed by young male footballers in semi-professional and amateur settings with an excellent response rate. Our results suggested that foot/ankle injuries were common, larger studies in non-professionals are needed to identify risk factors for injury and develop pragmatic advice for prevention.  Keywords: Soccer; <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0958-2592",
doi="10.1016/j.foot.2014.12.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foot.2014.12.001"
}