articleBritish Journal of Sports MedicineJun 23, 2009GREEN OA

Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study

JEJan EkstrandMHMartin HägglundMWMarkus Waldén

Linköping University

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Abstract

Objective

To study the injury characteristics in professional football and to follow the variation of injury incidence during a match, during a season and over consecutive seasons.

Design

Prospective cohort study where teams were followed for seven consecutive seasons. Team medical staff recorded individual player exposure and time-loss injuries from 2001 to 2008.

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Topics
Keywords
  • Football
  • Injury prevention
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Poison control
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Medicine
  • Suicide prevention
  • Human factors and ergonomics
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