@article{ref1,
title="Prospective study of muscle injuries in three consecutive seasons of the Brazilian Football Championship",
journal="Revista brasileira de ortopedia (Sao Paulo)",
year="2020",
author="Margato, Gabriel Furlan and Andrade Júnior, Edilson Ferreira and Lara, Paulo Henrique Schmidt and Pagura, Jorge Roberto and Cohen, Moisés and Arliani, Gustavo Goncalves",
volume="55",
number="6",
pages="687-694",
abstract="OBJECTIVE  To perform a prospective evaluation of muscle injuries that occurred  during the matches of series A and B of the Brazilian Men's Football Championship  from 2016 to 2018. Prospective  A prospective-cohort study with data collection  regarding muscle injuries that occurred during the official matches of the first and  second divisions of the Brazilian Men's Soccer Championship in the 2016, 2017 and  2018 seasons. <br><br>RESULTS  The total number of muscle injuries was of 577 throughout the  3 seasons, with a gradual and annual reduction in the incidence of injuries (219  injuries in 2016, 195 in 2017, and 163 in 2018), with a statistically significant  difference between the 2016 and 2018 seasons. Muscle injuries represented  approximately 35% of the total lesions. The incidence of muscle injuries was of 7.66  per 1,000 hours of play. During the 3 seasons (2016 to 2018), the most common injury  was of the hamstring muscle (41.1%, 40.5%, and 33.7% respectively). Wingers were the  most affected players, and the most common injury severity scale was moderate (8 to  28 days). The moment of the match with the highest incidence of injuries was in the  period between 61 and 75 minutes, with an index of 19.9%, with no statistical  difference in relation to the other periods of the match. <br><br>CONCLUSION  There was an  incidence of muscle injuries of 7.7 /1,000 h, and they occurred predominantly in  home games, in defenders (wingers and centre-backs), with an average age of 28  years, mainly involving the hamstring muscles, with a moderate mean time of absence  (8 to 28 days).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0102-3616",
doi="10.1055/s-0040-1712988",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1712988"
}