Sport Science Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
The Football Association, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.
Sports Med. 2024 Jan;54(1):213-232. doi: 10.1007/s40279-020-01411-8. Epub 2020 Dec 28.
To determine the incidence and characteristics of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football.
Time-loss injuries and illnesses, alongside match and training exposure, were collected across 8 seasons (2012-2020) in youth (U15, U16, U17, U18, U19) and senior (U20, U21, U23, senior) English men's and women's international teams. Analysis of incidence, burden, and severity of injury and illness was completed. Sex-specific comparisons were made between the senior and youth groups, and across the 8 seasons of data collection.
In men's international football, 535 injuries were recorded (216 senior; 319 youth) during 73,326 h of exposure. Overall, match injury incidence (31.1 ± 10.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (454.0 ± 195.9 d absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (4.0 ± 1.0 injuries/1000 h) and burden (51.0 ± 21.8 d absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, 503 injuries were recorded (senior: 177; youth: 326) during 80,766 h of exposure and match injury incidence (27.6 ± 11.3 injuries/1000 h) and burden (506.7 ± 350.2 days absent/1000 h) were greater than training injury incidence (5.1 ± 1.8 injuries/1000 h) and burden (87.6 ± 32.8 days absent/1000 h) (both P < 0.001). In women's international football, a group × season interaction was observed for training injury incidence (P = 0.021), with the senior group recording a greater training injury incidence during the 2015-2016 season compared to the youth group (14.4 vs 5.7 injuries/1000 h; P = 0.022). There was no difference in injury severity between match and training for men's (P = 0.965) and women's (P = 0.064) international football.
The findings provide a comprehensive examination of injury and illness in English men's and women's senior and youth international football. Practitioners will be able to benchmark their team's injury and illness incidence and characteristics to the match-play and training information provided in the present study.
确定英格兰男、女高级别和青年国际足球运动员的伤病发生率和特征。
本研究收集了 8 个赛季（2012-2020 年）中英格兰男、女青年（U15、U16、U17、U18、U19 和 U20、U21、U23、高级别）国际队的伤停时间、伤病以及比赛和训练的暴露情况。对伤病的发生率、负担和严重程度进行了分析。对高级别和青年组之间以及 8 个赛季的数据收集进行了性别特异性比较。
在男子国际足球中，记录了 535 次受伤（高级别：216 次；青年组：319 次），暴露于 73326 小时。总体而言，比赛受伤发生率（31.1±10.8 次/1000 小时）和负担（454.0±195.9 天缺席/1000 小时）大于训练受伤发生率（4.0±1.0 次/1000 小时）和负担（51.0±21.8 天缺席/1000 小时）（均 P<0.001）。在女子国际足球中，记录了 503 次受伤（高级别：177 次；青年组：326 次），暴露于 80766 小时，比赛受伤发生率（27.6±11.3 次/1000 小时）和负担（506.7±350.2 天缺席/1000 小时）大于训练受伤发生率（5.1±1.8 次/1000 小时）和负担（87.6±32.8 天缺席/1000 小时）（均 P<0.001）。在女子国际足球中，观察到训练受伤发生率存在组×季节的交互作用（P=0.021），与青年组相比，高级别组在 2015-2016 赛季的训练受伤发生率更高（14.4 比 5.7 次/1000 小时；P=0.022）。男子（P=0.965）和女子（P=0.064）国际足球比赛和训练的受伤严重程度无差异。
本研究结果全面考察了英格兰男、女高级别和青年国际足球运动员的伤病情况。从业人员将能够根据本研究提供的比赛和训练信息，对其球队的伤病发生率和特征进行基准测试。
