Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, The Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, The Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy -
J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2022 Mar;62(3):356-360. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.21.12903-2. Epub 2021 Sep 21.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence that COVID-19 lockdown had on the epidemiology of soccer musculoskeletal injuries during 2019/2020 Italian First Football League Serie A in professional football players.
In this retrospective study we analyzed records from media-based platform (Trasfermarkt, https://www.transfermarkt.com), describing the epidemiology of muscle injuries before and after the first COVID-19 lockdown phases in Italian professional football players. We also classified the severity of the injury as the number of missing days from participation.
We assessed a lower prevalence of post-lockdown injuries, albeit showing a similar injury rate at 1000 game-hours (prelockdown: 16.9 [13.0-20.7], post-lockdown: 15.5 [9.9-21.1]; RR=0.92 [0.46-1.8]). All risk ratios for injury rate were not significantly different (P>0.05) between pre- and post-lockdown.
The incidence of muscle injuries has not significantly changed after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Italian professional soccer players. Recognizing injury rates might be crucial for physician to evaluate adequate preventive measures.
本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 封锁对意大利职业足球运动员 2019/2020 赛季甲级联赛足球运动员运动医学肌肉骨骼损伤流行病学的影响。
在这项回顾性研究中，我们分析了基于媒体平台（Trasfermarkt，https://www.transfermarkt.com）的记录，描述了意大利职业足球运动员在 COVID-19 首次封锁前后肌肉损伤的流行病学。我们还根据错过比赛的天数将损伤的严重程度分类。
尽管在 1000 个比赛小时后，我们评估了受伤后发病率较低，但是受伤率相似（封锁前：16.9 [13.0-20.7]，封锁后：15.5 [9.9-21.1]；RR=0.92 [0.46-1.8]）。封锁前后所有伤害率的风险比均无显著差异（P>0.05）。
意大利职业足球运动员首次 COVID-19 封锁后，肌肉损伤的发生率并未显著改变。认识伤害率对于评估适当的预防措施可能至关重要。
