Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Injury in Football?

Completed

• Conditions: Injuries
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05262283
• Lead Sponsor: Karadeniz Technical University

Brief Summary

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

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-26
• Primary Completion: 2021-05-30
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-28
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-01
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 24

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 & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2019-2020 season	No intervention	Injuries in the first 26 games of 2019-2020
2020-2021 season	No intervention	Injuries in the first 26 games of 2020-2021 in the new post-COVID season

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Karadeniz Technical University; 🇹🇷 Trabzon, Turkey