Key result
Previous injury, posture, acceleration, and musculo-skeletal defects, but not flexibility, significantly predicted the number of days of injury in high-level field-game players.
Why the study?
What are the intrinsic predictors of sports injuries in high-level players of body contact sports?
Population
102 high-level players of field-games (soccer, Gaelic football, and hurling) (86 completed the study)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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May inform pre-participation screening in high-level contact athletes; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Cohort (n=102)
What are the intrinsic predictors of sports injuries in high-level players of body contact sports?
Previous injury, posture, acceleration, and clinical defects, but not flexibility, are significant predictors of future injury days in high-level contact sports players.
Anthony Watson (2001) conducted a cohort in Sports injuries (n=102). Intrinsic factors (previous injury, posture, acceleration, clinical defects) was evaluated on Number of days of injury during the second 12-month period. Previous injury, posture, acceleration, and musculo-skeletal defects, but not flexibility, significantly predicted the number of days of injury in high-level field-game players.
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