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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Fractures in professional footballers: 7-years data from 106 team seasons in the Middle East
Biology of Sport, Volume 40, No. 4, Year 2023
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Description
Epidemiological studies on fractures in European professional football (soccer) are in abundance. However, such data are lacking in Middle Eastern professional footballers and information on fracture treatment is scarce. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of fractures across seven seasons in Qatar Stars League (QSL) footballers. A prospective study of fractures in professional male footballers over 7 consecutive seasons (2013 to 2020), involving 3255 players and 106 team' seasons. Time loss and injuries and illnesses were recorded using standardised digital tools in accordance with international consensus procedures. Fractures were recorded according to onset mechanism, location, diagnoses, treatment and return to play. A total of 108 players sustained fractures during 638, 247 hours of player exposure (88.9% training and 11.1% matches), representing 2.7% of all time-loss injuries. The incidence was 0.17 fractures per 1000 h of exposure (match and training incidence of 0.9 and 0.07 fractures/1000 h, respectively), equivalent to an average of one fracture per team per season. Fractures mostly occurred in the feet (28.2%), hands (21.1%), shoulders (11.3%) and head (i.e., face) (9.9%). Mean (median) absence was 71 (47 days), with 4.6% refractures. Only 34.3% of the fractures required surgery and nearly all players (98.1%) returned to play at the professional level. Almost all professional football players with fractures return to play at the same competitive level after an average of 10 weeks of absence (mean absence was 71±81 (median: 47, Inter Quartile Range [14-93]) days). One in ten continue to play with symptoms and one in twenty may refracture. Long-term effects of fractures are still unknown. © 2023 Institute of Sport. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ngai, Aston Seng Huey
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Qatar, Doha
Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Materne, Olivier
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Rangers Football Club
Farooq, Abdulaziz
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Tabben, Montassar
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Ellouze, Zied
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Arnáiz, Javier
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Alkhelaifi, Khalid
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Bahr, Roald M.
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Norway, Oslo
Norges Idrettshøgskole
Chamari, K.
Qatar, Doha
Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
Statistics
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2023.125588
ISSN:
0860021X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male