Correlation between preseason body composition and sports injury in an English Premier League professional football team.

Published in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2022)

Players with decreased body mass, BMI, waist circumference, total BMD and mean embedded structures may be prone to greater injury burden. Further studies with a larger sample size that incorporates multiple football teams are warranted to investigate this.

Keyphrases

body composition
body mass index
high school
resistance training
bone mineral density
body weight
palliative care
high resolution
risk factors
physical activity
quality improvement
mass spectrometry