Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Knee. 2023 Mar;41:48-57. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2022.11.014. Epub 2023 Jan 9.
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a severe and complex sport-related injury that can threaten an individual's sporting career. The purpose of this study is to investigate the epidemiological patterns of ACL ruptures in Spanish male first-division soccer players.
The Transfermarkt and Besoccer online electronic databases were screened for ACL injuries between 2010-2011 and 2019-2020 seasons. Injury incidence, injury mechanism, side of the injury, recurrence of the injury, days of recovery and severity, player's position, dominance, season, and moment in which the injury occurs were collected.
A total of 110 ACL ruptures were registered, with 15.45% of them being re-ruptures either ipsilateral (6.36%) or contralateral ruptures (9.09 %). The ACL incidence rate was 0.0364 per 1000 h of total play with a 68-fold risk in matches compared with training. Predominant injury mechanism was non-contact (56.36%) and the mean lay-off time was 218.8 days, with higher incidence in September-October and March-April. Goalkeeper was found to be the less affected position.
This investigation identified an average of 11 ACL tears per season in the Spanish first-division soccer league, most of them occurring in matches with approximately one ACL injury per team every two seasons. Our results from media-based platforms are in accordance with reports based on data from healthcare databases. Further research is needed to corroborate these findings in equivalent contexts. Descriptive studies are classified as Level III evidence according to Daly et al., 2007.
前交叉韧带（ACL）损伤是一种严重且复杂的与运动相关的损伤，可能会威胁到个体的运动生涯。本研究的目的是调查西班牙甲级足球联赛男性运动员 ACL 撕裂的流行病学模式。
在 2010-2011 赛季至 2019-2020 赛季期间，通过 Transfermarkt 和 Besoccer 在线电子数据库筛选 ACL 损伤。收集损伤发生率、损伤机制、损伤侧、损伤复发、恢复天数和严重程度、球员位置、惯用侧、赛季和损伤发生的时间。
共记录了 110 例 ACL 撕裂，其中 15.45%为同侧（6.36%）或对侧（9.09%）再撕裂。ACL 发生率为每 1000 小时总比赛时间 0.0364 次，与训练相比，比赛时的风险增加 68 倍。主要损伤机制为非接触性（56.36%），平均停赛时间为 218.8 天，9 月至 10 月和 3 月至 4 月发病率较高。守门员是受伤最少的位置。
本研究发现，西班牙甲级足球联赛平均每个赛季有 11 例 ACL 撕裂，其中大多数发生在比赛中，大约每两个赛季每支球队就会发生一次 ACL 损伤。我们基于媒体平台的结果与基于医疗保健数据库数据的报告一致。需要进一步的研究来在等效环境中证实这些发现。根据 Daly 等人，2007 年的分类，描述性研究被归类为 III 级证据。
