@article{ref1,
title="Injuries in Irish male and female collegiate athletes",
journal="Physical therapy in sport",
year="2021",
author="Teahan, Calvin and O'Connor, Siobhán and Whyte, Enda F.",
volume="51",
number="",
pages="1-7",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To understand the incidence and burden of injury of student-athletes in four of the most popular collegiate sports. <br><br>DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Collegiate sport. PARTICIPANTS: Gaelic football, hurling/Camogie, soccer and Rugby (n = 672; male = 416, female = 256) student-athletes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Injury incidence, burden of injury and total, match and training injury rates, and their 95% confidence intervals were calculated. The frequencies and proportions were also calculated. An injury was defined as any physical condition that prevents a student-athlete from full participation for a period greater than 24 h. <br><br>RESULTS: Over a quarter (0.266) of student-athletes sustained an injury in the academic season. Male student-athletes had a higher injury rate than females (21.6 vs 11.3 injuries/1000 h). Rugby (20.8 injuries/1000 h) had the highest injury rates with hurling/Camogie (6.3 injuries/1000 h) the lowest. Lower extremity injuries were predominant (68.8%) with ankle sprains demonstrating a large burden for all sports (20.6-280.2 days absent/1000 h). Hamstring strains (13.7-118.4 days absent/1000 h) had a large burden for all sports except male Rugby. Knee sprains had a large burden on the female Gaelic footballer (84.8 days absent/1000 h). Sprinting (27.4%) and the tackle (20.1%) were the most common mechanism of injury. Injuries were predominantly moderate (8-28 days) or severe (>28 days) (84.7%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Injury reduction needs to be prioritised in the student-athlete, particularly in males. Specific focus is required on the lower extremity, especially in the hamstring muscles and ankle joint owing to the large burden of injury.  Keywords: Gaelic football<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-853X",
doi="10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.06.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.06.001"
}