Why the study?
Does the level of professional football play affect the proportion and incidence of recurrent injuries?
Population
Football players from 43 top-level European professional teams, 19 Swedish premier division teams, and 10…
Comparison
Playing at top-level European professional or… vs Playing at Swedish amateur level
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
14 years (for European cohort)
Authors
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Amateurs show higher recurrence risk than elites; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before guiding practice.
Does the level of professional football play affect the proportion and incidence of recurrent injuries?
Recurrent injury proportions in football show an inverse relationship with playing level, and recurrent injury incidence at the top European level has decreased over the past decade.
Hägglund et al. (2016) studied this question.
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