TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and musculoskeletal injuries in professional football players
JO  - Experimental and therapeutic medicine
A1  - Massidda, Myosotis
A1  - Corrias, Laura
A1  - Bachis, Valeria
A1  - Cugia, Paolo
A1  - Piras, Francesco
A1  - Scorcu, Marco
A1  - Calò, Carla M.
SP  - 1974
EP  - 1978
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
N2  - The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and musculoskeletal injury (MI) in elite football (soccer) players. In total, 54 male professional football players were recruited from an official Italian professional championship team between 2009 and 2013. The cohort was genotyped for the ApaI, BsmI and FokI polymorphisms and MI data were collected over four football seasons. No significant differences were identified among the genotypes in the incidence rates or severity of MI (P=0.254). In addition, no significant associations were observed between VDR polymorphisms and MI phenotypes (P=0.460). However, the results of the casewise multiple regression analysis indicated that the ApaI genotypes accounted for 18% of injury severity (P=0.002). Therefore, while the BsmI and FokI polymorphisms did not appear to be associated with the severity or incidence of MI, the ApaI genotypes may have influenced the severity of muscle injury in top-level football players.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1792-0981
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2364
ID  - ref1
ER  -