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| Research Title: |
Boys soccer league injuries: a community-based study of time-loss from sports participation and long-term sequelae |
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| Keywords: |
Soccer
Youth
adolescence, disability
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| Author(s): |
Timpka T, Risto O, Bjormsjo M |
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| Release Date: |
12 April 2010 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
Of all sports, soccer has the largest number of participants worldwide. Most players are adolescents and youths. A prospective cohort design study was conducted during the 2001 season in a Swedish soccer association league for boys aged 13-16 years. Data about injuries was collected after each game by the team coach with follow-up two weeks after the injury event and again at the end of the season. If an injury sequela was confirmed, a physician interviewed players and then again at 6, 18 and 48 months after the end of the season. Injury was defined as resulting in one or more of: medical attention, the inability to complete the game, or missing a subsequent soccer session. Injury was rated as minor (1-7 days lost from soccer), moderate-severe (8 days or more lost from soccer) and disabling (restricted function 6, 18 and 48 months after the season).
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| Research Objectives: |
The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence of injuries in a large community youth soccer league with regard to age-related incidence, time lost from participation and long-term sequelae.
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| Research Outcomes: |
The injury rate during the study period was 2.4 injuries per 1000 player game hours. Of the total 44 injuries recorded, 32 (73%) were categorised as moderate to severe, and 21 injuries (48%) received medical attention. The highest injury incidence (6.8 injuries per 1000 player game hours) was recorded for the elite qualification divisions for U15 players.
Sixty-eight percent of injuries were contact injuries. The body region most susceptible to injury was the lower extremities, accounting for 58% of all injuries. The most common causes of injury were collision (29%) and being kicked (24%). Ten injury events (23%) were reported to have been directly associated with intentional foul play.
While the overall injury incidence was low, the majority of recorded injuries caused long absence from the short soccer season, and every second injury required healthcare treatment.
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| Research Implications: |
Training of volunteer coaches should include information on injury risks and risk factors. With over 60% of injuries in the youth league caused through collisions, blows and foul tackles, moderation of aggressive and careless play has the potential to decrease injury rates. Coaches play a central role in influencing these behaviours.
Injury incidence increased rapidly with players making the transition to competitive league divisions, therefore injury prevention measures may be best targeted to this group.
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