Distal-to-proximal progression of apophyseal injuries with age in male youth academy footballers: a two-season prospective cohort study of 16,024 player-seasons.

Br J Sports Med · 2025 · PMC12772586 · PMID 41047150

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approached significancep=0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Specifically, severity for U12–U14 ( T =8973, p=0.031) and U15–U16 ( T =4797, p=0.001) was higher than U9–U11, while the difference between U9–U11 and U18–U21 approached significance ( T =1549, p=0.057).

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A significant trend of increasing injury severity (median days) was observed with age: U9–U11 (20), U12–U14 (29), U15–U16 (38) and U18–U21 (35).

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