Anthropometrics, Physical Performance, and Injury Characteristics of Youth American Football

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dc.contributor.authorCaswell, Shane V.
dc.contributor.authorAusborn, Ashley
dc.contributor.authorGuoqing, Diao
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, David C.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Timothy S.
dc.contributor.authorAtkins, Rickie
dc.contributor.authorAmbegaonkar, Jatin P.
dc.contributor.authorCortes, Nelson
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-25T15:49:18Z
dc.date.available2017-01-25T15:49:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-18
dc.description.abstractBackground: Prior research has described the anthropometric and physical performance characteristics of professional, collegiate, and high school American football players. Yet, little research has described these factors in American youth football and their potential relationship with injury. Purpose: To characterize anthropometric and physical performance measures, describe the epidemiology of injury, and examine the association of physical performance measures with injury among children participating within age-based divisions of a large metropolitan American youth football league. Study Design: Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Demographic, anthropometric, and physical performance characteristics and injuries of 819 male children were collected over a 2-year period (2011-2012). Injury data were collected by the league athletic trainer (AT) and coaches. Descriptive analysis of demographic, anthropometric, and physical performance measures (40-yard sprint, pro-agility, push-ups, and vertical jump) were conducted. Incidence rates were computed for all reported injuries; rates were calculated as the number of injuries per 1000 athlete-exposures (AEs). Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify whether the categories of no injury, no-time-loss (NTL) injury, and time-loss (TL) injury were associated with physical performance measures. Results: Of the 819 original participants, 760 (92.8%) completed preseason anthropometric measures (mean ± SD: age, 11.8 ± 1.2 years; height, 157.4 ± 10.7 cm; weight, 48.7 ± 13.3 kg; experience, 2.0 ± 1.8 years); 640 (78.1%) players completed physical performance measures. The mean (±SD) 40-yard sprint and pro-agility measures of the players were 6.5 ± 0.6 and 5.7 ± 0.5 seconds, respectively; the number of push-ups and maximal vertical jump height were 16.5 ± 9.3 repetitions and 42.3 ± 8.4 cm, respectively. Players assigned to different teams within age divisions demonstrated no differences in anthropometric measures; 40-yard dash and pro-agility times differed significantly (P < .05) between players assigned to different teams. A total of 261 NTL and TL injuries were reported during 35,957 AEs (games: 22%, n = 7982 AEs; practices: 78%, n = 27,975 AEs). The overall incidence rate was 7.26 per 1000 AEs (95% CI, 6.37-8.14). Physical performance measures did not predict NTL or TL injuries (P > .05). Conclusion: No practically meaningful differences existed in anthropometric or physical performance measures between teams within age-based levels of play. Findings suggest that age-only criterion for player groupings can evenly match in terms of physical performance.
dc.identifier.citationShane V. Caswell, Ashley Ausborn, Guoqing Diao, David C. Johnson, Timothy S. Johnson, Rickie Atkins, Jatin P. Ambegaonkar, and Nelson Cortes Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, August 2016; vol. 4, 8: 2325967116662251, first published on August 18, 2016.
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.1177/2325967116662251
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10509
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectYouth football
dc.subjectPhysical performance
dc.subjectInjury
dc.titleAnthropometrics, Physical Performance, and Injury Characteristics of Youth American Football
dc.typeArticle

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