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Functional and Anthropometrical Screening Test among High Performance Female Football Players: A Descriptive Study with Injury Incidence Analysis, the Basque Female Football Cohort (BFFC) Study

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  • Marta Álvarez-Zafra

    (Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Javier Yanci

    (Society, Sports and Physical Exercise Research Group (GIKAFIT), Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Ibai García-Tabar

    (Society, Sports and Physical Exercise Research Group (GIKAFIT), Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Eder Bikandi

    (Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)-Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Saioa Etxaleku

    (Clinical Research Department, TDN, Advanced Rehabilitation Center, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Mikel Izquierdo

    (Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)-Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

  • Tron Krosshaug

    (Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, 0806 Oslo, Norway)

  • Uxue Fernandez-Lasa

    (Society, Sports and Physical Exercise Research Group (GIKAFIT), Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Igor Setuain

    (Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)-Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain
    Clinical Research Department, TDN, Advanced Rehabilitation Center, 31006 Pamplona, Spain)

Abstract

The main objectives of the present study were to describe the injury incidence and to analyze the anthropometric and physical characteristics of players from three high-level women’s football teams. The present study involved 54 female football players (21.9 ± 4.9 years old) from three different teams competing in the Spanish Reto Iberdrola-Segunda División PRO league. A battery of tests was carried out to determine the anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of the players along with an injury incidence record during a full competitive season. The obtained results showed that there was a high incidence of injury, as 38% of the players suffered some type of injury during the season (range 1–5; 1.75 ± 1.02 injuries per player). Injuries occurred in both matches and during training at a similar percentage (48.6 vs. 51.4%), and the majority of the registered episodes were graded as moderate or severe injury types (60%). Players suffering from an injury accumulated a total of 1587 chronological days off work due to injury during the season, with a recurrence rate of 55%. Considering the high incidence of injury, and the injury burden and the reinjure rate observed in this research, it seems necessary to apply the most efficient prevention and recovery measures possible in these female football teams. These descriptive data could serve athletic trainers and medical staff of female football teams to better understand their own screening procedure-derived data.

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  • Marta Álvarez-Zafra & Javier Yanci & Ibai García-Tabar & Eder Bikandi & Saioa Etxaleku & Mikel Izquierdo & Tron Krosshaug & Uxue Fernandez-Lasa & Igor Setuain, 2021. "Functional and Anthropometrical Screening Test among High Performance Female Football Players: A Descriptive Study with Injury Incidence Analysis, the Basque Female Football Cohort (BFFC) Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10658-:d:653953
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    1. Javier Raya-González & Filipe Manuel Clemente & Daniel Castillo, 2021. "Analyzing the Magnitude of Interlimb Asymmetries in Young Female Soccer Players: A Preliminary Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-13, January.
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