Szymski, Dominik and Achenbach, Leonard and Zellner, Johannes and Weber, Johannes and Koch, Matthias and Zeman, Florian and Huppertz, Gunnar and Pfeifer, Christian and Alt, Volker and Krutsch, Werner (2022) Higher risk of ACL rupture in amateur football compared to professional football: 5-year results of the 'Anterior cruciate ligament-registry in German football'. KNEE SURGERY SPORTS TRAUMATOLOGY ARTHROSCOPY, 30 (5). pp. 1776-1785. ISSN 0942-2056, 1433-7347
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Purpose Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are a common severe type of football injury at all levels of play. A football-specific ACL registry providing both prospective ACL injury data according to the skill level and risk factors for ACL injury is lacking in the literature. Methods This study is based on the prospective 'ACL registry in German Football' implemented in the 2014-15 season. Professional (1st-3rd league), semi-professional (4th-6th league) and amateur leagues (7th league) were analysed regarding the incidence and risk factors for ACL injuries. Injuries were registered according to the direct reports of the injured players to the study office and double-checked via media analysis. After injury registration, the players received a standardised questionnaire. Data were analysed from the 2014-15 to the 2018-19 football season. Results Overall, 958 ACL injuries were registered during the 5-year study period. The incidence of ACL injuries was highest in amateur football (0.074/1000 h football exposure) compared to professional (0.058/1000 h; p < 0.0001) and semi-professional football (0.043/1000 h; p < 0.0001). At all skill levels, match incidence (professional: 0.343; semi-professional: 0.249; amateur: 0.319) was significantly higher than training incidence (professional: 0.015; semi-professional: 0.004; amateur: 0.005). Major risk factors were previous ACL injury (mean: 23.3%), other knee injuries (mean: 19.3%) and move to a higher league (mean: 24.2%). Conclusion This sports-specific ACL registry provides detailed information on the incidence and risk factors for ACL injuries in football over five years. Risk factors are skill level, match exposure, move to a higher league and previous knee injury. These factors offer potential starting points for screening at-risk players and applying targeted prevention.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | INJURY INCIDENCE; TIME-TRENDS; SOCCER; RECONSTRUCTION; PLAYERS; LEVEL; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee injury; Injury prevention; Football |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Unfallchirurgie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 08:55 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46331 |
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