TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Correlation between preseason body composition and sports injury in an English Premier League professional football team
JO  - BMJ open sport and exercise medicine
A1  - Seow, Dexter
A1  - Massey, Andrew
SP  - e001193
EP  - e001193
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To identify the correlation between preseason body composition and incidence coupled with injury burden throughout the season in adult male professional football players. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective case series was performed for linear regression analysis of preseason body composition variables and injury data. R(2) >0.10 was deemed of adequate correlation. <br><br>RESULTS: All 36 professional football players in the male first team of an English Premier League professional football team were recruited, with none lost to follow-up. The total and mean incidence of injuries was 83.00 and 2.31 (95% CI 1.72 to 2.89), respectively. The mean injury burden was 58.32 (95% CI 37.67 to 78.98) days missed. Simple linear regression analysis indicated no significant or adequate correlations between incidence and preseason body composition variables. Injury burden revealed non-significant adequate negative correlations to body mass (R(2)=0.17), body mass index (BMI) (R(2)=0.15), waist circumference (R(2)=0.17), total bone mineral density (BMD) (R(2)=0.11) and mean embedded structures (R(2)=0.10). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Players with decreased body mass, BMI, waist circumference, total BMD and mean embedded structures may be prone to greater injury burden. Further studies with a larger sample size that incorporates multiple football teams are warranted to investigate this.    Keywords: Soccer <p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2055-7647
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001193
ID  - ref1
ER  -