Hall, ECR, Larruskain, J, Gil, SM, Lekue, JA, Baumert, P, Rienzi, E, Moreno, S, Tannure, M, Murtagh, CF, Ade, JD, Squires, P, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Whitworth-Turner, CM, Morton, JP, Drust, B, Williams, AG and Erskine, RM (2022) Injury risk is greater in physically mature versus biologically younger male soccer players from academies in different countries. Physical Therapy in Sport, 55. pp. 111-118. ISSN 1466-853X

Preview

Text Hall_etal_Maturation_AcademySoccerInjuries_Accepted.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (732kB) | Preview

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate if maturity status was associated with injury risk in male academy soccer players. Design: Prospective cohort surveillance study. Setting: Professional soccer academies. Participants: 501 players (aged 9-23 years) from eight academies in England, Spain, Uruguay and Brazil. Main outcome measures: Players were grouped by maturity offset as pre-peak height velocity (PHV), circa-PHV, post-PHV or adult. Injury prevalence proportion (IPP) and days missed were recorded for one season per player, with training/match exposure recorded in a sub-sample (n=166). Results: IPP for all injuries combined increased with advancing maturity, with circa-PHV (p=0.032), post-PHV (p<0.001) and adult (p<0.001) higher than pre-PHV. IPP was higher in post-PHV and adult than pre-PHV for non-contact (p=0.001 and p=0.012), soft-tissue (both p<0.001), non-contact soft-tissue (p<0.001 and p=0.005), muscle (both p<0.001), thigh (both p<0.001), ankle (p=0.035 and p=0.007) and hamstring injuries (p=0.041 and p=0.017). Ligament/tendon IPP was greater in adult versus pre-PHV (p=0.002). IPP for growth-related injuries was lower in post-PHV than pre-PHV (p=0.039). Injury incidence rates (n=166) exhibited similar patterns to IPP in the full cohort. Conclusions: Injury patterns were similar between post-PHV and adult academy players but, crucially, relatively more of these groups suffered injuries compared to pre- and circa-PHV (except growth-related injuries).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2022 08:59
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2023 00:50
DOI or ID number:	10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.03.006
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16489

View Item