Injury incidence in elite youth field hockey players at the 2016 European Championships.

ABSTRACT: Despite being an essential consideration when deciding rule changes, injury prevention strategies, and athlete development models, there is little epidemiological data of U18 field hockey player injuries-something explicitly referred to in the 2015 International Olympic Committee's Consensus Statement on Youth Athlete Development. The aim of this study was to quantify incidence and characteristics of injuries in elite youth field hockey players during a major international tournament. Standardized reporting forms detailing time, location on pitch, mechanism and anatomical location of injury were completed for new musculoskeletal conditions resulting in a time stoppage by the umpire and where a player was noticeably affected by an injury for up to 20 s regardless of time stoppage. Injury in

SUBMITTER: Furlong LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6107116 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature