The Injury Rate in National Football League Players Increased Following Cancellation of Preseason Games Because of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the injury rate in National Football League (NFL) athletes during the first 4 weeks of the 2020 NFL season.

Methods

This study was a retrospective review of all NFL players who were placed on the injury report during the preseason and the first 4 weeks of the regular season from the 2016-2017 through the 2020-2021 NFL regular seasons. Players' dates of injury were cross-referenced with an absence of statistics from the respective games for which they were ruled out so as to ensure accuracy. Injury rates were calculated per 1,000 athletic exposures. Relative risk with 95% confidence intervals compared injury rates between the 2 cohorts.

Results

Over the course of the study period of 4 NFL seasons, 3,025 injuries were reported. Of the 3,025 injuri

SUBMITTER: Baker HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365220 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature