The role of pre-season health characteristics as injury risk factors infemale adolescent soccer players

摘要

[Purpose] Determine if female adolescent soccer players with a history of concussion,impaired K-D scores, and pre-season subjective complaints of neck pain, dizziness, andheadache were predisposed to additional risk of musculoskeletal or concussive injuryduring 10-weeks of competitive play. [Participants and Methods] Twenty-three female highschool soccer athletes provided concussion history and reported pre-season subjectivecomplaints. K-D testing was performed pre and postseason. During the 10-week season, allinjuries, preventing participation in practice or game, were recorded. [Results] Sixreported a history of concussion. Of those six, three injuries were reported, includingtwo concussions and a hamstring strain. Baseline K-D scores were worse in athletes thathad two or more pre-season subjective factors compared to those that did not have any.Moderate positive correlations were found between a history of concussion and the numberof injuries and a history of concussion and K-D post-test scores. [Conclusion] Findingsindicate that pre-season subjective factors of neck pain, dizziness and headache, historyof concussion, and K-D potentially increased injury risk. Combining pre-season metricsboth at baseline and during the course of the season may assist in better injury riskscreening in-season or indicate suboptimal function due to cumulative effects.