Population
210 players at Newcastle United football academy, mean age 13.5 years (range 9 to 18)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May guide prevention efforts in youth academies; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention efficacy.
In a football academy setting, adolescent players experience a high rate of injuries, predominantly non-contact and affecting the lower limbs, with 15- and 16-year-olds at highest risk.
Deehan et al. (2007) studied this question.
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