Mille Greve Hansen, Andrew George Ross, Tim Meyer, Christian Knold, Ian Meyers, Kerry Peek

Incidence, characteristics and cost of head, neck and dental injuries in non‐professional football (soccer) using 3 years of sports injury insurance data

  • Oral Surgery
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AbstractAimThis descriptive epidemiological study aimed to quantify the incidence, characteristics and costs of head, neck and dental injuries in non‐professional football players.MethodsInjury data were coded (using Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System) from a de‐identified insurance database containing three seasons (2018–2020) of data. Cost data included direct and indirect costs presented by type of injury, age group and sex using means ± SD, range of costs ($AU) and total costs ± SE. Chi‐squared tests were used to analyse the data (significance level p < .05) with injury incidence rates (IR) calculated per 1000 match hours and per 1000 injury insurance claims.ResultsA total of 388 injuries affecting 240 players were sustained. Of these, 43% (n = 102) of players also sustained one or more secondary injuries, mainly to the head or neck area. Dental injuries (n = 143, 39%, IR = 0.008) accounted for the highest number of primary and secondary injuries and the highest mean direct cost per injury ($AU1152), while head and facial injuries accounted for the highest proportion of total costs ($AU434,101). Players who sustained one or more secondary injuries had the highest direct and indirect mean cost per injury.ConclusionsGiven the frequency and cost of dental injuries in non‐professional football players, injury prevention initiatives warrant further investigation.

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