Consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football (soccer) injuries

By C. Fuller, J. Ekstrand, A. Junge, T. Andersen, R. Bahr, J. Dvořák, M. Hägglund, P. McCrory, W. Meeuwisse. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2006

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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1. M. Waldén
2. M. Hägglund
3. J. Ekstrand
4. G. Myklebust
5. R. Bahr
6. I. Holme
7. M. Andersen
8. L. Engebretsen

Citations in the corpus

• Previous injury as a risk factor for injury in elite football: a prospective study over two consecutive seasons (2006, background): “A diagnosis was noted on each injury card. An injured player was defined as injured until the club medical staff cleared him for full participation in training and match play. An identical injury (same side, location, and type) that occurred after a player’s return to full participation after an ind”
• Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study (2009, methodology): “The study design followed the consensus on definitions and data collection procedures in studies of football injuries outlined by International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)”
• Comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in young female footballers: cluster randomised controlled trial (2008, result): “In most cases, players were contacted within four weeks (range one day to five months) after the injury. Box 2 shows the definitions we used to register injuries. These are in accordance with the consensus statement on injury definitions and data collection procedures.”
• Epidemiology of Muscle Injuries in Professional Football (Soccer) (2011, neutral): “28 days) 324 (11) 246 (13) 48 (8) 30 (6) Days of absence/injury, mean 6 SD 14.”
• It Pays to Pay Attention: A Mindfulness-Based Program for Injury Prevention With Soccer Players (2015, methodology): “Based on Williams and Andersen’s (1998) stress and athletic injury model, a few psychologically based intervention programs have been empirically tested during the last 20 years (Johnson, 2007; Johnson, Ekengren, & Andersen, 2005; Johnson, Tranaeus, & Ivarsson, 2014). One of the first studies (Kerr ”
• Preventive Effect of Eccentric Training on Acute Hamstring Injuries in Men’s Soccer (2011, neutral): “When the participating teams started their first training session in 2008, all players (n = 942) reported baseline information using a report form in accordance with the recommendation from the Injury Consensus Group under the auspices of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) ”