School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Ireland; Gaelic Sports Research Centre, Department of Science, Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland.
Medfit Proactive Healthcare, Ireland.
J Sci Med Sport. 2018 Feb;21(2):155-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.08.023. Epub 2017 Sep 6.
To prospectively investigate incidence and associated time-loss of lower limb injuries in elite Gaelic football. Additionally, to identify sub-groups of elite players at increased risk of sustaining a lower limb injury.
Prospective, epidemiological study.
Team physiotherapists provided exposure and injury on a weekly basis to the National Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Injury Surveillance Database. Injury was defined using a time-loss criterion. Fifteen different teams participated throughout the 8-year study providing 36 team datasets from 2008 to 2015.
Lower limb injuries (n=1239) accounted for 83.5% (95% CI 82.0-85.0) and 77.6% (95% CI 75.8-79.4) of training and match-play injuries, respectively. Injury incidence was 4.5 (95% CI 3.7-5.2) and 38.4 (95% CI 34.3-42.60) per 1000 training and match-play hours, respectively. One-in-four (25.0%, 95% CI 22.4-27.0) lower limb injuries were recurrent. Non-contact injuries accounted for 80.9% (95% CI 79.2-82.6) of cases. The median team rate was 30 (IQR 24-43) lower limb injuries per season resulting in 840.8 (95% CI 773.3-908.2) time-loss days. Previously injured players had a 2.5-times (OR 95% CI 2.2-2.8) greater risk of sustaining a lower limb injury. Overall, 56.8% of players with a previous lower limb injury sustained another. Incidence was higher for forward players and those aged >25years.
Lower limb injuries are the most common injury among elite division one Gaelic football teams. Injury risk management should become an ongoing component of a player's development programme and consider injury history, age, and playing position.
前瞻性研究精英盖尔式足球中下肢损伤的发生率及相关的伤停时间。此外，确定易发生下肢损伤的精英运动员亚组。
前瞻性、流行病学研究。
队医每周向全国盖尔运动协会（GAA）损伤监测数据库提供接触和损伤情况。使用伤停时间标准来定义损伤。15 支不同的球队参与了整个 8 年的研究，提供了 2008 年至 2015 年的 36 个球队数据集。
下肢损伤（n=1239）占训练和比赛损伤的 83.5%（95%CI82.0-85.0）和 77.6%（95%CI75.8-79.4），分别。训练和比赛的损伤发生率分别为 4.5（95%CI3.7-5.2）和 38.4（95%CI34.3-42.6）每 1000 小时。四分之一（25.0%，95%CI22.4-27.0）的下肢损伤是复发性的。非接触性损伤占 80.9%（95%CI79.2-82.6）。中位数团队发生率为每赛季 30 例（IQR24-43）下肢损伤，导致 840.8（95%CI773.3-908.2）伤停天数。以前受过伤的运动员下肢受伤的风险增加 2.5 倍（OR95%CI2.2-2.8）。总体而言，56.8%的有过下肢损伤的运动员再次受伤。前锋和 25 岁以上的球员受伤率更高。
下肢损伤是精英一级盖尔式足球球队最常见的损伤。损伤风险管理应成为运动员发展计划的一个持续组成部分，并考虑损伤史、年龄和比赛位置。
