Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Injury in Football?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

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

Conditions
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Injuries

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: No intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| 2019-2020 season<br>Injuries in the first 26 games of 2019-2020 | Other: No intervention<br>* No intervention was made.<br>|
| 2020-2021 season<br>Injuries in the first 26 games of 2020-2021 in the new post-COVID season | Other: No intervention<br>* No intervention was made.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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COVID-19, Football, Injuries