TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Injuries in professional male soccer players in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study JO - Journal of athletic training A1 - Stubbe, Janine A1 - van Beijsterveldt, Anne-Marie A1 - van der Knaap, Sissi A1 - Stege, Jasper A1 - Verhagen, Evert A1 - Van Mechelen, Willem A1 - Backx, Frank J. G. SP - 211 EP - 216 VL - 50 IS - 2 N2 - 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.

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.

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%).

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.

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LA - en SN - 1062-6050 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.64 ID - ref1 ER -