Potential Injury Incidents At the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

February 10, 2025 updated by: Federation Internationale de Football Association

This is an exploratory observational study.

Video footage is used to review all 64 matches in the football tournament.

All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc.

Potential injury incidents are registered, and for each incident the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Video footage is used to review all 64 matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc.(https://www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/resources-tools/football-language/index.php)

Potential injury incidents are registered, and for each incident the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.

Simple descriptive statistics are used to create overviews of the outcomes described above, including comparisons between actions which do or do not lead to potential injury incidents.

A secondary analysis may be performed including injury diagnoses, if players consent as part of another study on injury surveillance allowing video analysis of their injuries.

No a priori sample size calculation was performed, as all potential injury incidents are included.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

832

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Switzerland
      • Zurich, Switzerland, 8044
        • Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The tournament includes 32 national teams, and each team is allowed to select 26 players, giving at total of 832 potential participants. In total, 64 matches will be played over 29 days.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All participating football players at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Potential injury incidents
Time Frame: November-December 2022
Potential injury incidents, defined as "when a player stays down for more than 5 seconds or a player indicates they are injured to the referee, teammates, their coach, or medical staff.
November-December 2022

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Injury inciting circumstances
Time Frame: November-December 2022
All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc. For each potential injury incident, the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.
November-December 2022

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 20, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 18, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

June 24, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 17, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

November 29, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 005

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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