The Football Association Injury and Illness Surveillance Programme: The Incidence, Burden, and Severity of Injuries in English Men's Domestic Football

IF 4 2区医学 Q1 SPORT SCIENCES

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports Pub Date : 2026-10-03 DOI:10.1111/sms.70378

Bradley Sprouse, Avinash Chandran, Philip Hennis, John Morris, Simon Cooper, Charlotte Cowie, Subhashis Basu, Ian Varley

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Abstract

Due to the lack of large‐scale research investigating the epidemiology of injury in English men's professional football, the present study aimed to examine the incidence rate, severity, and burden of injury in English men's domestic football. Injury surveillance data was prospectively collected and retrospectively analyzed. Time‐loss injuries, and match and training exposure, were collected by club medical staff across 12 seasons (2013–2014 to 2024–2025) from English men's domestic clubs playing in the English Premier League and English Football League (EFL—Championship, League One, League Two) (416 team seasons). A bootstrapped negative binomial approach was adopted to calculate incidence rate and burden estimates, temporal analysis and incidence rate (IRR) and burden ratios (IBR), all with accompanying 95% CI. 15 986 time‐loss injuries were recorded, resulting in 498 108 days absent over 2 286 030 exposure hours. Injury incidence rate was substantially higher in matches than training (24.9 vs. 3.6 injuries/1000 h; IRR: 7.0 [6.6–7.4]), as was injury burden (835.5 vs. 104.1 days absent/1000 h; IBR: 8.0 [7.5–8.7]). Match injury incidence rate remained stable across the study period, training injury incidence rate decreased by 4% per season ( p < 0.001), but match injury burden increased by 5% ( p < 0.001). Muscle injury incidence rate increased by 3% per season in matches ( p = 0.004), but decreased by 3% in training ( p = 0.028). Muscle injury burden increased in both matches (10%, p < 0.001) and training (4%, p = 0.006). Ligament injury incidence rate decreased by 5% per season in training ( p < 0.001). Hamstring injuries were the most common diagnosis (1.33 injuries/1000 h) and contributed the greatest overall burden (40.37 days absent/1000 h). Over 12 seasons in English men's professional football, match‐play consistently accounts for a greater injury incidence rate and burden than training. While match injury incidence rate has remained stable, burden has increased, specifically for muscle‐related injuries.

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由于缺乏对英国男子职业足球损伤流行病学的大规模研究，本研究旨在调查英国男子国内足球损伤的发生率、严重程度和负担。前瞻性收集损伤监测数据并进行回顾性分析。时间损失伤病、比赛和训练暴露，由俱乐部医务人员收集了12个赛季（2013-2014年至2024-2025年）参加英超和英格兰足球联赛（英冠、英甲、英乙）的英格兰男子国内俱乐部（416个球队赛季）的数据。采用自举负二项法计算发病率和负担估计值、时间分析和发病率（IRR）和负担比（IBR），均伴有95% CI。15 986例时间损失伤害被记录下来，导致498 108天缺勤超过2 286 030个暴露小时。比赛中的受伤发生率明显高于训练（24.9 vs 3.6次受伤/1000小时；IRR: 7.0[6.6-7.4]），受伤负担（835.5 vs 104.1天缺勤/1000小时；IBR: 8.0[7.5-8.7]）。比赛损伤发生率在研究期间保持稳定，训练损伤发生率每赛季下降4% (p < 0.001)，但比赛损伤负担增加5% （p < 0.001）。肌肉损伤发生率在比赛中每赛季增加3% (p = 0.004)，而在训练中减少3% （p = 0.028）。肌肉损伤负荷在比赛（10%,p < 0.001）和训练（4%,p = 0.006）中均有所增加。训练中韧带损伤发生率每赛季下降5% （p < 0.001）。腘绳肌损伤是最常见的诊断（1.33例损伤/1000 h），并贡献了最大的总体负担（40.37天缺勤/1000 h）。在英国男子职业足球的12个赛季中，比赛一直是比训练更大的伤病发生率和负担。虽然比赛损伤发生率保持稳定，但负担有所增加，特别是肌肉相关损伤。

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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 医学-运动科学

CiteScore

7.90

自引率

4.90%

发文量

162

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports is a multidisciplinary journal published 12 times per year under the auspices of the Scandinavian Foundation of Medicine and Science in Sports. It aims to publish high quality and impactful articles in the fields of orthopaedics, rehabilitation and sports medicine, exercise physiology and biochemistry, biomechanics and motor control, health and disease relating to sport, exercise and physical activity, as well as on the social and behavioural aspects of sport and exercise.