TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Nine typical injury patterns in German professional male football (soccer): a systematic visual video analysis of 345 match injuries
JO  - British journal of sports medicine
A1  - Klein, Christian
A1  - Luig, Patrick
A1  - Henke, Thomas
A1  - Bloch, Hendrik
A1  - Platen, Petra
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - AIM: We aimed to systematically analyse the videos of acute injuries in professional men's football and describe typical injury patterns.     METHODS: Injuries were registered with the German statutory accident insurance for professional athletes as part of occupational accident reporting. Following each season (2014-2017), video footage of the two highest divisions in German male football was searched for moderate and severe acute match injuries. Two raters then independently assessed the injuries for: game situation, player and opponent behaviour, referee decision, and injury mechanisms.     RESULTS: The total data set included 7493 acute injuries. Of these, 857 (11%) were moderate or severe match injuries. The video search yielded 345 (40%) clearly identifiable injuries and of those 170 (49%) were contact injuries. We describe nine typical injury patterns: one each for head and shoulder injuries, two for thigh and ankle, and three for knee injuries. The nine patterns are called: (1) Head-to-head injury. (2) Collision-and-fall shoulder injury. (3) Sprinter's thigh injury. (4) Perturbation-and-strain thigh injury. (5) Tackle knee injury. (6) Tackle-and-twist knee injury. (7) Non-contact knee injury. (8) Attacked ankle injury. (9) Collision-and-twist ankle injury. Thigh injuries occurred primarily in non-contact situations (44/81), mostly while the player was sprinting (23/44). Knee injuries were often caused by direct external impact (49/84)-mainly suffered by the tackler during a tackle (17/49).     CONCLUSION: The nine common injury patterns in football differed substantially in their mechanisms and causes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-3674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101344
ID  - ref1
ER  -