Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, Indianapolis, IN.
Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
J Athl Train. 2021 Jul 1;56(7):643-650. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-447-20.
Football is among the most popular collegiate sports in the United States, and participation in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football has risen in recent years.
Continued monitoring of football injuries is important for capturing the evolving burden of injuries in NCAA football. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of football-related injuries among men's NCAA football players during the 2014-2015 through 2018-2019 academic years.
Exposure and injury data collected in the NCAA Injury Surveillance Program were analyzed. Injury counts, rates, and proportions were used to describe injury characteristics, and injury rate ratios were used to examine differential injury rates.
The overall injury rate was 9.31 per 1000 athlete-exposures. Most injuries occurred during general play (17.5%), blocking (15.8%), and tackling (14.0%). Concussions (7.5%), lateral ligament complex tears (6.9%), and hamstring tears (4.7%) were the most commonly reported injuries.
Results of this study were generally consistent with previous findings, though changes over time in rates of commonly reported injuries warrant attention. Continued monitoring of injury incidence is needed to appraise the effectiveness of recently implemented rules changes.
持续监测足球损伤对于捕捉 NCAA 足球中损伤的演变负担很重要。本研究的目的是描述 2014-2015 学年至 2018-2019 学年期间男子 NCAA 足球运动员的足球相关损伤的流行病学情况。
分析 NCAA 损伤监测计划中收集的暴露和损伤数据。使用损伤计数、发生率和比例来描述损伤特征，并使用损伤率比来检查不同的损伤率。
总体损伤发生率为每 1000 名运动员暴露 9.31 次。大多数损伤发生在一般比赛（17.5%）、阻挡（15.8%）和擒抱（14.0%）中。脑震荡（7.5%）、外侧韧带复合体撕裂（6.9%）和腿筋撕裂（4.7%）是最常见的损伤。
本研究的结果与之前的研究基本一致，但随着时间的推移，常见损伤报告率的变化值得关注。需要继续监测损伤发生率，以评估最近实施的规则变化的效果。
