JORR
Journal of Orthopedics Research and Rehabilitation

The Journal of Orthopedics Research and Rehabilitation welcomes scholarly papers inorthopaedic surgery, physical therapy and rehabilitation, neurosurgery, neurology and clinic anesthesiology and reanimation. This journal is indexed by indices that are considered international scientific journal indices (DRJI, ESJI, OAJI, etc.). According to the current Associate Professorship criteria, it is within the scope of International Article 1-d. Each article published in this journal corresponds to 5 points.

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Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected injury in football? Example of a professional football team
Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the injuries of football players faced with the isolation and lack of training caused by COVID-19 and an intense match tempo after stress and uncertainty between pre- and post-pandemic seasons.
Methods: Injury follow-up data (number, time, severity, type, location, tissue of interest, side, mechanism, rule violation, and recurrence) of a professional football team in Turkey for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 seasons were analysed.
Results: In the 2019-2020 season, there were a total of 23 injuries, which increased after the pandemic. With a tighter match schedule, there were 31 injuries in the 2020-2021 season and 51 in the 2021-2022 season. The injury rate per match also increased to 0.53, 0.70, and 1.08, respectively. Injury severity, location of injury, tissues involved (p<0.05), mechanism of injury, and rules violations (p<0.001) were significantly different between seasons.
Conclusion: The isolation period caused by the pandemic and the tight match schedules affected injury rates per match and injury characteristics. These effects continued in the post-pandemic season.

Keywords : COVID-19, pandemic, football, injury

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 2, 2024
Page : 38-41
https://doi.org/10.51271/JORR-0030
Article Information
Received : 20 Şub 2024
Accepted : 21 Nis 2024
Published : 26 Nis 2024
Corresponding Author :

Fatih Emre Doğan: Vakıfbank Sports Club, İstanbul, Türkiye

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Citation : Doğan FE, Korkmaz N, Kara İ, Atalay Gu¨zel N. Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected injury in football? example of a professional football team. J Orthop Res Rehabil. 2024;2(2):38-41.

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