Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Injury in Football?

Karadeniz Technical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injuries

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05262283

KTU-NK-TS-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the injuries that occurred in the football players after the isolation and lack of training caused by New Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), with the previous season, based on the example of a professional football team in Turkey.

Full description

This study aims to compare the injuries that occurred in the football players who faced an intense match tempo after the isolation and lack of training caused by COVID-19, as well as the stress and uncertainty, with the previous season, based on the example of a professional football team in Turkey. Injury follow-up data were examined.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Male

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a musculoskeletal injury during the official match or team training in the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 season

Exclusion criteria

• Signing a contract with Trabzonspor A Team in the 2020-2021 season

Trial design

24 participants in 2 patient groups

2019-2020 season

Description:

Injuries in the first 26 games of 2019-2020

Treatment:

Other: No intervention

2020-2021 season

Description:

Injuries in the first 26 games of 2020-2021 in the new post-COVID season

Treatment:

Other: No intervention