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Risk Factors for Injuries in Football
Abstract
Background: The injury risk in football is high, but little is known about causes of injury. Purpose: To identify risk factors for football injuries using a multivariate model. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Methods: Participants were 306 male football players from the two highest divisions in Iceland. Before the 1999 football season started, the following factors were examined: height, weight, body composition, flexibility, leg extension power, jump height, peak O2 uptake, joint stability, and history of previous injury. Injuries and player exposure were recorded throughout the competitive season. Results: Older players were at higher risk of injury in general (odds ratio [OR] = 1.1 per year, P = 0.05). For hamstring strains, the significant risk factors were age (OR = 1.4 [1 year], P < 0.001) and previous hamstring strains (OR = 11.6, P < 0.001). For groin strains, the predictor risk factors were previous groin strains (OR = 7.3, P = 0.001) and decreased range of motion in hip abduction (OR = 0.9 [1°], P = 0.05). Previous injury was also identified as a risk factor for knee (OR = 4.6) and ankle sprains (OR = 5.3). Conclusions: Age and previous injury were identified as the main risk factors for injury among elite football players from Iceland.
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- Arnason, A., Sigurdsson, S. B., Gudmundsson, A., Holme, I., Engebretsen, L., & Bahr, R.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-03
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1_suppl
- Pages
- 5-16
- ISSN
- 0363-5465 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3365
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- W2001953500
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- 931
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 18.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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