@article{ref1,
title="Contact - but not foul play - dominates injury mechanisms in men's professional handball: a video match analysis of 580 injuries",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2020",
author="Luig, Patrick and Krutsch, Werner and Henke, Thomas and Klein, Christian and Bloch, Hendrik and Platen, Petra and Achenbach, Leonard",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIM: We aimed to identify patterns and mechanisms of injury situations in men's professional handball by means of video match analysis. <br><br>METHODS: Moderate and severe injuries (absence of >7 days) sustained in competition in one of six seasons (2010 to 2013 and 2014 to 2017) in men's professional handball were prospectively analysed with a newly developed standardised observation form. Season 2013 to 2014 was excluded because of missing video material. <br><br>RESULTS: 580 injuries were identified: 298 (51.4%) contact injuries, 151 (26.0%) indirect contact injuries and 131 (22.6%) non-contact injuries. Head (87.5%), hand (83.8%), shoulder (70.2%) and ankle (62.9%) injuries were mainly sustained during direct contact. Typical contact injuries included collision with an opponent's upper extremity or torso, and ankle injuries mainly consisted of foot-to-foot collisions. A large proportion (41.7%) of knee injuries were caused by indirect contact, whereas thigh injuries mainly occurred (56.4%) through non-contact mechanism. Wing (56.9%) and pivot (58.4%) players had the highest proportion of contact injuries, whereas backcourt players had a high proportion of indirect contact injuries (31.5%) and goalkeepers of non-contact injuries (48.9%). The injury proportion of foul play was 28.4%. Most injuries occurred in the central zone between the 6-metre and 9-metre lines (26.1%) and during the last 10 min of each match half (OR 1.71, p=0.016). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In men's professional handball in a league setting, contact - but not foul play - was the most common mechanism associated with moderate and severe injuries. Head, hand, shoulder and ankle injury were mainly sustained during direct contact.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsports-2018-100250",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-100250"
}