Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Injury in Football?

Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Injury in Football? Example of a Professional Football Team

This study aims to compare the injuries that occurred in the football players after the isolation and lack of training caused by New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), with the previous season, based on the example of a professional football team in Turkey.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Injuries
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No intervention

Detailed Description

This study aims to compare the injuries that occurred in the football players who faced an intense match tempo after the isolation and lack of training caused by COVID-19, as well as the stress and uncertainty, with the previous season, based on the example of a professional football team in Turkey. Injury follow-up data were examined.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 24

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Trabzon, Turkey, 61000
    • Karadeniz Technical University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants consist of professional football players who have a contract with the A team.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having a musculoskeletal injury during the official match or team training in the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 season

Exclusion Criteria:

• Signing a contract with Trabzonspor A Team in the 2020-2021 season

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
2019-2020 season; Injuries in the first 26 games of 2019-2020	Other: No intervention; No intervention was made.
2020-2021 season; Injuries in the first 26 games of 2020-2021 in the new post-COVID season	Other: No intervention; No intervention was made.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of injuries	The number of injuries in the two seasons was recorded separately.	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injury time	Training injuries, Match injuries	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injury severity	Minor, moderate, major	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injury type	Sprain, strain, fracture, contision, other	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injury location	Foot, ankle, calf, knee, thigh, hip, groin, lumbal	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injured tissue	muscle, tendon, tendon bone junction, capsule, ligament, bone, aponeurosis, meniscus	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injured side	Left, right	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Injury mechanism	noncontact, contact	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Rule violation	Opponent, no	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Recurrence	Yes, no	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Training	The number of days away from training	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons
Missed Matches	Number of official matches missed	Change of data in the first 26 matches of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 26, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 2, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: COVID-19; Injuries; Football
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19; Wounds and Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: KTU-NK-TS-01

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No