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November 14, 2025Sports MedicineOpen Access

The Association of Growth and Maturation with Injury in Academy Soccer Players: A Narrative Review

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EHElliott C.R. HallRERobert M. Erskine

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Overview

Narrative review shows growth rate and maturity influence injury risk in academy soccer players, indicating critical timing for injury prevention.

Key Points

  • To review literature on how maturity timing, status, and growth rate relate to injury risks in academy soccer players.
  • Literature was screened from Scopus, PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and CINAHL databases until April 2025.
  • Articles were evaluated for study design, maturity timing, status, growth rate estimation methods, and injury reporting.
  • Data was extracted from 26 studies published between 2007 and 2025.
  • Early maturing players suffer more soft-tissue injuries compared to on-time or late maturing players.
  • More growth-related injuries occur around peak height velocity than pre- or post-PHV, though post-PHV players generally have a higher risk.
  • Fast growth (stature increase ≥ 7.2 cm per year) correlates with increased injury risk.

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Hall et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692519a7c0ce034ddc353f15https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02340-0
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