TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies
JO  - Physical therapy in sport
A1  - Hall, Elliott C. R.
A1  - Larruskain, Jon
A1  - Gil, Susana M.
A1  - Lekue, Jose A.
A1  - Baumert, Philipp
A1  - Rienzi, Edgardo
A1  - Moreno, Sacha
A1  - Tannure, Marcio
A1  - Murtagh, Conall F.
A1  - Ade, Jack D.
A1  - Squires, Paul
A1  - Orme, Patrick
A1  - Anderson, Liam
A1  - Whitworth-Turner, Craig M.
A1  - Morton, James P.
A1  - Drust, Barry
A1  - Williams, Alun G.
A1  - Erskine, Robert M.
SP  - 53
EP  - 60
VL  - 44
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1466-853X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.04.033
ID  - ref1
ER  -