Regular-Season Injury Rates in the National Football League After an Attenuated Preseason Due to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The preseason is a crucial time period for professional athletes to prepare for the upcoming season. However, due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 National Football League (NFL) preseason was canceled. As the regular season progressed, an increased number of injuries became apparent.

Purpose/hypothesis

The purpose of this study was to compare injury rates between the 2019 and 2020 NFL regular seasons after the canceled 2020 preseason. It was hypothesized that injury rates in the 2020 season would be the same or higher compared with 2019.

Study design

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Methods

A public database of all 32 NFL teams was used to examine the movement of all players to injured reserve status as well as every player who mi

SUBMITTER: Volpi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature