Why the study?
What are the injury incidences in male professional adult and elite youth soccer players during matches versus training?
What are the injury incidences in male professional adult and elite youth soccer players during matches versus training?
Match injury rates are higher than training injury rates in male soccer players, with youth players experiencing more training injuries than professionals, highlighting the need for targeted preventive interventions.
Prioritizes match-specific injury prevention in male soccer; confirms higher training injury risk in youth versus professionals.
Injury rates were higher for matches than for training for both youth and adult players. Youth players had a higher incidence of training injuries than professionals. Efforts must be made to reduce the overall injury rate in matches. Therefore, preventive interventions, such as adequately enforcing rules and focusing on fair play, must be analyzed and developed to reduce match-related injury incidences. Reducing training injuries should be a particular focus for youth soccer players.
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Pfirrmann et al. (2016) studied this question.