Key result
Match play linked to ~7-fold more time-loss injuries versus training in professional football.
Observational
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Time-loss injuries are a major burden in Australian male professional football, occurring more frequently during matches than training, highlighting the need for targeted prevention strategies for lower limb injuries.
Match injuries predominate in professional football; hypothesis-generating for prevention trials, should not yet change practice.
< 0.01) in matches (31.29 injuries per 1000 h; 95% CI [25.25, 37.33]) compared to training (4.49 injuries per 1000 h; 95% CI [3.51, 5.47]). The overall injury burden was 254.1 days lost per 1000 h (95% CI [220.9, 292.3]). Compared with the reference 2016/17 season, there were significant increases in minimal (RR: 6.94; 95% CI [1.27, 128.73]) and mild injuries (RR: 3.76; 95% CI [1.21, 16.39]) in season 2017/18 and decreases in moderate (RR: 0.40; 95% CI [0.19, 0.80]) and contact injuries (RR: 0.35; 95% CI [0.12, 0.90]) in season 2019/2020. Time-loss injury is common and represents a major burden in Australian male professional football, with injuries more frequently sustained during matches. Injury prevention practices should specifically be directed towards muscle/tendon and ligament injuries of the lower limb, particularly anterior cruciate ligament, ankle sprain and hamstring strain injuries.
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Adams et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Time-loss injuries in professional football. Matches vs. Training was evaluated on Time-loss injuries (p=< 0.01). Time-loss injuries occurred significantly more frequently during matches (31.29 per 1000 h) compared to training (4.49 per 1000 h; P<0.01) in Australian male professional football.
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