An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies

Elliott C.R. Hall; Jon Larruskain; Susana M. Gil; Jose A. Lekue; Philipp Baumert; Edgardo Rienzi; Sacha Moreno; Marcio Tannure; Conall F. Murtagh; Jack D. Ade; Paul Squires; Patrick Orme; Liam Anderson; Craig M. Whitworth-Turner; James P. Morton; Barry Drust; Alun G. Williams; Robert M. Erskine

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.04.033

An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies

Elliott C.R. Hall, Jon Larruskain, Susana M. Gil, Jose A. Lekue, Philipp Baumert, Edgardo Rienzi, Sacha Moreno, Marcio Tannure, Conall F. Murtagh, Jack D. Ade, Paul Squires, Patrick Orme, Liam Anderson, Craig M. Whitworth-Turner, James P. Morton, Barry Drust, Alun G. Williams, Robert M. Erskine^*

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Objectives: To identify the most common injury types/locations in high-level male youth soccer players (YSP). Design: Prospective cohort surveillance study. Setting: Professional soccer club academies. Participants: Six hundred and twenty-four high-level male YSP [Under 9 (U9) to U23 year-old age groups] from academies in England, Spain, Uruguay and Brazil. Main outcome measures: Injury type, location and severity were recorded during one season. Injury severity was compared between age groups, while injury type and location were compared between nations. Results: Four hundred and forty-three training or match injuries were recorded, giving an injury rate of 0.71 per player. Non-contact injuries were most common (58.5%), with most (44.2%) resolved between 8 and 28 days. Most injuries (75.4%) occurred in the lower limbs, with muscle (29.6%) the most commonly injured tissue. U14 and U16 suffered a greater number of severe injuries relative to U12 and U19/U20/U23/Reserves. Tendon injury rate was higher in Brazil vs. Spain (p < 0.05), with low back/sacrum/pelvis injury rate highest in Spain (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The proportion of severe injuries in U14 and U16 suggests YSP injury risk is maturation-dependent. Minimal differences in type and location between high-level YSP from four different countries suggest injury rates in this population are geographically similar.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-60
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.04.033
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Liverpool John Moores University fully-funded PhD studentship.

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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

Adolescence
Epidemiology
Football
Injury risk
Paediatric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Hall, E. C. R., Larruskain, J., Gil, S. M., Lekue, J. A., Baumert, P., Rienzi, E., Moreno, S., Tannure, M., Murtagh, C. F., Ade, J. D., Squires, P., Orme, P., Anderson, L., Whitworth-Turner, C. M., Morton, J. P., Drust, B., Williams, A. G., & Erskine, R. M. (2020). An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies. Physical Therapy in Sport, 44, 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.04.033

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An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies

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