Title |
Perspectives in football medicine
|
---|---|
Published in |
Die Unfallchirurgie, April 2018
|
DOI | 10.1007/s00113-018-0496-5 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
M. Waldén, M. Hägglund, H. Bengtsson, J. Ekstrand |
Abstract |
The high injury rate among men's professional football players is well-known. Therefore, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) launched an injury study already in 2001. This study, the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study (ECIS), currently includes data from a total of 51 clubs from 18 European countries with more than 14,000 registered injuries. With the 21st World Cup (WC) in Russia just around the corner, we have from our study identified a higher match injury rate and a higher proportion of severe injuries in the European Championships compared to the preceding club competitive seasons. Moreover, we have also recently showed that the muscle injury rate is higher when players are given a recovery window of five days or less between two matches. Considering the congested match schedule of the upcoming WC, it is therefore likely that injuries and fatigue once again will be a topic of discussion this summer. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Sweden | 2 | 50% |
Israel | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 89 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 19 | 21% |
Student > Bachelor | 16 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
Researcher | 5 | 6% |
Other | 4 | 4% |
Other | 8 | 9% |
Unknown | 29 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Sports and Recreations | 23 | 26% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 3% |
Engineering | 2 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 7% |
Unknown | 30 | 34% |