Ankle, knee and concussion concerns: Unveiling injury patterns in highly trained South African netball players.

Objectives: To describe the rate and type of netball injuries sustained during women's university-level tournament matches in South Africa.

Design: Descriptive epidemiological study.

Setting: Three editions of the women's Varsity Netball tournament (2021-23).

Exploring Growth, Maturity, and Age as Injury Risk Factors in High-Level Youth Football.

Rapid somatic growth and biological maturity status may affect injury patterns in youth football, yet firm conclusions cannot be drawn from the existing research. We aimed to explore growth velocity, maturity, and age as injury risk factors in 95 academy players (11.9-15.

Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings and Time to Return to Sport After Muscle Injuries in High-Level Youth Athletes.

Objective: To describe the relationship between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and time to return to sport (RTS) from muscle injuries in youth athletes.

Design: Prospective collection of injury surveillance data over 6 seasons (2014-2015 to 2019-2020) and reanalysis of MRIs by a radiologist blinded to RTS time after the data collection period.

Setting: National sports academy and sports medicine hospital.

Growth, maturation and injuries in high-level youth football (soccer): A mini review.

Understanding the challenges football (soccer) players face during adolescence is fundamental to avoid disruptions in their development due to injury. This mini review will describe basic concepts of somatic growth and biological maturity, examine data from 53 prospective epidemiological studies on high-level youth football players and discuss how age, growth and maturity may affect the injury patterns observed. Based on the existing evidence, at least every third player sustains an injury during a football season.

Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: a four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy.

Objectives: To describe age group patterns for injury incidence, severity and burden in elite male youth football.

Methods: Prospective cohort study capturing data on individual exposure and time-loss injuries from training and matches over four seasons (2016/2017 through 2019/2020) at a national football academy (U13-U18; age range: 11-18 years). Injury incidence was calculated as the number of injuries per 1000 hours, injury severity as the median number of days lost and injury burden as the number of days lost per 1000 hours.

Injury characteristics in male youth athletics: a five-season prospective study in a full-time sports academy.

Objectives: To describe the injury characteristics of male youth athletes exposed to year-round athletics programmes.

Methods: Injury surveillance data were prospectively collected by medical staff in a cohort of youth athletics athletes participating in a full-time sports academy from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019. Time-loss injuries (>1 day) were recorded following consensus procedures for athletics.

Methods may matter in injury surveillance: "how" may be more important than "what, when or why".

To examine if and how adjustments in injury surveillance recording methodology may have influenced injury rates. Injury and exposure data were collected among professional male players from the Qatar Stars League from the 2008-2009 season to the 2017-2018 season. There have been four iterations of our data collection methods.

Skeletal maturation and growth rates are related to bone and growth plate injuries in adolescent athletics.

Injuries are common in elite adolescent athletics, but few studies have addressed risk factors for injury. Growth and maturation are potential risk factors in this population; however, the current body of literature is both inconclusive and considered at high risk of bias. The aim of this study was therefore to examine whether growth rate, maturity status, and maturity tempo are associated with injury risk in an elite sports academy.

Involving research-invested clinicians in data collection affects injury incidence in youth football.

It is well established that differences in injury definition and recording methodology restrict comparisons between injury surveillance programmes. There is, however, little documentation of the variation that can exist between data recorders. The aim of this study was, therefore, to explore the effect on reported injuries when team recorders or supervisors are involved in research.

Examination of Physical Characteristics and Positional Differences in Professional Soccer Players in Qatar.

Physical characteristics in professional soccer differ between competition levels and playing positions, and normative data aid practitioners in profiling their players to optimize performance and reduce injury risk. Given the paucity of research in Arabic soccer populations, the purpose of this study was to provide position-specific normative values for professional players competing in the Qatar Stars League. One hundred and ninety-five players completed a musculoskeletal assessment as part of an annual periodic health examination.

Activity Profiles in International Women's Team Handball Using PlayerLoad.

Unlabelled: Team handball matches place diverse physical demands on players, which may result in fatigue and decreased activity levels. However, previous speed-based methods of quantifying player activity may not be sensitive for capturing short-lasting team-handball-specific movements.

Purpose: To examine activity profiles of a women's team handball team and individual player profiles, using inertial measurement units.