Steiner, M E; Berkstresser, B D; Richardson, L; Elia, G; Wang, F
Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football Journal Article
In: Sports Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 217–223, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Concussions, football, Injuries, injury exposures
@article{Steiner2015,
title = {Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football},
author = {Steiner, M E and Berkstresser, B D and Richardson, L and Elia, G and Wang, F},
doi = {10.1177/1941738115626689},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Sports Health},
volume = {8},
number = {3},
pages = {217--223},
abstract = {Background: Despite recent restrictions being placed on practice in college football, there are little data to correlate such changes with injuries. Hypothesis: Football injuries will correlate with a team’s exposure to full-contact practice, total practice, and total games. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. Methods: All injuries and athlete injury exposures (AE × Min = athletes exposed × activity duration in minutes) were recorded for an intercollegiate football team over 4 consecutive fall seasons. Weekly injuries and injury rates (injuries per athletic injury exposure) were correlated with the weekly exposures to full-contact practices, total practices, formal scrimmages, and games. Results: The preseason practice injury rate was over twice the in-season practice injury rate (P \< 0.001). For preseason, injury exposures were higher for full-contact practice (P = 0.0166), total practices (P = 0.015), and scrimmages/games (P = 0.034) compared with in-season. Preseason and in-season practice injuries correlated with exposure to full-contact practice combined with scrimmages for preseason (P \< 0.008) and full-contact practice combined with games for in-season (P = 0.0325). The game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate (P \< 0.0001). Concussions constituted 14.5% of all injuries, and the incidence of concussions correlated with the incidence of all injuries (P = 0.0001). Strength training did not correlate with injuries. Conclusion: Decreased exposure to full-contact practice may decrease the incidence of practice injuries and practice concussions. However, the game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate and had an inverse correlation with full-contact practice. © 2016, 2016 The Author(s).},
keywords = {Concussions, football, Injuries, injury exposures},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Steiner, M E; Berkstresser, B D; Richardson, L; Elia, G; Wang, F
Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football Journal Article
In: Sports Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 217–223, 2015.
@article{Steiner2015,
title = {Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football},
author = {Steiner, M E and Berkstresser, B D and Richardson, L and Elia, G and Wang, F},
doi = {10.1177/1941738115626689},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Sports Health},
volume = {8},
number = {3},
pages = {217--223},
abstract = {Background: Despite recent restrictions being placed on practice in college football, there are little data to correlate such changes with injuries. Hypothesis: Football injuries will correlate with a team’s exposure to full-contact practice, total practice, and total games. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. Methods: All injuries and athlete injury exposures (AE × Min = athletes exposed × activity duration in minutes) were recorded for an intercollegiate football team over 4 consecutive fall seasons. Weekly injuries and injury rates (injuries per athletic injury exposure) were correlated with the weekly exposures to full-contact practices, total practices, formal scrimmages, and games. Results: The preseason practice injury rate was over twice the in-season practice injury rate (P \< 0.001). For preseason, injury exposures were higher for full-contact practice (P = 0.0166), total practices (P = 0.015), and scrimmages/games (P = 0.034) compared with in-season. Preseason and in-season practice injuries correlated with exposure to full-contact practice combined with scrimmages for preseason (P \< 0.008) and full-contact practice combined with games for in-season (P = 0.0325). The game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate (P \< 0.0001). Concussions constituted 14.5% of all injuries, and the incidence of concussions correlated with the incidence of all injuries (P = 0.0001). Strength training did not correlate with injuries. Conclusion: Decreased exposure to full-contact practice may decrease the incidence of practice injuries and practice concussions. However, the game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate and had an inverse correlation with full-contact practice. © 2016, 2016 The Author(s).},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Steiner, M E; Berkstresser, B D; Richardson, L; Elia, G; Wang, F
Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football Journal Article
In: Sports Health, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 217–223, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Concussions, football, Injuries, injury exposures
@article{Steiner2015,
title = {Full-Contact Practice and Injuries in College Football},
author = {Steiner, M E and Berkstresser, B D and Richardson, L and Elia, G and Wang, F},
doi = {10.1177/1941738115626689},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Sports Health},
volume = {8},
number = {3},
pages = {217--223},
abstract = {Background: Despite recent restrictions being placed on practice in college football, there are little data to correlate such changes with injuries. Hypothesis: Football injuries will correlate with a team’s exposure to full-contact practice, total practice, and total games. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiological study. Methods: All injuries and athlete injury exposures (AE × Min = athletes exposed × activity duration in minutes) were recorded for an intercollegiate football team over 4 consecutive fall seasons. Weekly injuries and injury rates (injuries per athletic injury exposure) were correlated with the weekly exposures to full-contact practices, total practices, formal scrimmages, and games. Results: The preseason practice injury rate was over twice the in-season practice injury rate (P \< 0.001). For preseason, injury exposures were higher for full-contact practice (P = 0.0166), total practices (P = 0.015), and scrimmages/games (P = 0.034) compared with in-season. Preseason and in-season practice injuries correlated with exposure to full-contact practice combined with scrimmages for preseason (P \< 0.008) and full-contact practice combined with games for in-season (P = 0.0325). The game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate (P \< 0.0001). Concussions constituted 14.5% of all injuries, and the incidence of concussions correlated with the incidence of all injuries (P = 0.0001). Strength training did not correlate with injuries. Conclusion: Decreased exposure to full-contact practice may decrease the incidence of practice injuries and practice concussions. However, the game injury rate was over 6 times greater than the practice injury rate and had an inverse correlation with full-contact practice. © 2016, 2016 The Author(s).},
keywords = {Concussions, football, Injuries, injury exposures},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}