ACL injury incidence, severity and patterns in professional male soccer players in a Middle Eastern league

Autor: Cristiano Eirale, Karim Chamari, Raouf Nader Rekik, Montassar Tabben, Philippe Landreau, Rachid Bouras, Mathew G Wilson, Scott Gillogly, Roald Bahr
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2018-0004
2055-7647
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000461
Popis: Aim To ascertain ACL injury incidence, severity (injury burden) and patterns (contact/non-contact and reinjuries) in a professional male football league in the Middle East over five consecutive seasons.Methods Prospective epidemiological study reporting ACL injuries in professional male soccer players in the Qatar Stars League, with complete matches/training exposure over five seasons (2013–2014 to 2017–2018), corresponding to 2243 player seasons and 729 team months.Results 37 complete ACL ruptures occurred in 37 players during 486 951 hours of player exposure. The overall ACL injury rate was 0.076 injuries/1000 hours of exposure (season range 0.045–0.098). Injury incidence during matches and training was 0.41 and 0.04 injuries/1000 hours of exposure, respectively. Match injury incidence was greater than that of training (OR 11.8, 95% CI 6.21 to 23.23, p
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