An observational study in Injury;Sports, sponsored by Federation Internationale de Football Association. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to male participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-11.
Sponsored by Federation Internationale de Football Association · Observational
This is an exploratory observational study.
Video footage is used to review all 64 matches in the football tournament.
All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc.
Potential injury incidents are registered, and for each incident the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.
Video footage is used to review all 64 matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc.(https://www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/resources-tools/football-language/index.php)
Potential injury incidents are registered, and for each incident the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.
Simple descriptive statistics are used to create overviews of the outcomes described above, including comparisons between actions which do or do not lead to potential injury incidents.
A secondary analysis may be performed including injury diagnoses, if players consent as part of another study on injury surveillance allowing video analysis of their injuries.
No a priori sample size calculation was performed, as all potential injury incidents are included.
5,056 studies on the registry are indexed under Wounds and Injuries; 861 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 832 is above the median of 135 across 1,597 observational studies indexed under Wounds and Injuries.
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The tournament includes 32 national teams, and each team is allowed to select 26 players, giving at total of 832 potential participants. In total, 64 matches will be played over 29 days.
Exclusion Criteria:
Observational study only. Video footage is used to review all 64 matches in the football tournament.
Potential injury incidents
Potential injury incidents, defined as "when a player stays down for more than 5 seconds or a player indicates they are injured to the referee, teammates, their coach, or medical staff.
Time frame: November-December 2022
Injury inciting circumstances
All players actions are registered using the FIFA football language, such as, pass completed, clearance, etc. For each potential injury incident, the injury location, contact type, player reaction, velocity, location, game reaction, referee reaction, medical staff on pitch, and outcome (e.g. substitution) are also registered.
Time frame: November-December 2022
Plan to share: Undecided
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