Key result
During the 2022/2023 season, 630 hamstring match injuries were recorded among 2,678 players in the top five European leagues, with severe injuries accounting for 28.6% of all severity patterns.
Why the study?
To explore hamstring muscle injury types, frequency, incidence, severity characteristics, and differences between the European top five football leagues during the 2022/2023 season.
Observational (n=2,678)
Yes
Hamstring injuries represent a significant burden in top European professional football, with a high proportion classified as severe.
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This study aims to explore the specific muscle injury types, nature of match injury frequency and match incidence of the European top five football leagues (UEFA, 2023), to compare match hamstring injury severity characteristics and to study differences in match injury, frequency and incidence between the five leagues during the season 2022/2023. The sample size was N= 2678 (SD ± 41.8) male players from the “Big Five” European professional football leagues with a mean age of 26.7 (SD ± 4.6) years and an average of 1303 minutes played per player with an average of a 27-player squad. A total number of 630 hamstring match injuries was recorded among the 98 clubs. Most of the injuries (N=298) required a two to four-week absence from football. The total playing exposure hours per league was 11,640.48, (SD ± 124.5). The severe injury patterns of severe injuries represent 28.6% of the total of all severity patterns, indicating an extremely high hamstring injury burden.
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Klačar et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Hamstring match injuries (n=2,678). Professional football match play in top five European leagues was evaluated on Hamstring match injury frequency, incidence, and severity. During the 2022/2023 season, 630 hamstring match injuries were recorded among 2,678 players in the top five European leagues, with severe injuries accounting for 28.6% of all severity patterns.
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