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(1) two successive matches separated by an interval totalling \u22643\u2005days calculated immediately from the end of play in match 1 to the beginning of play in match 2; (2) three successive matches separated by \u22644-day intervals starting the day immediately after each match.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In two-match congestion cycles, incidence rate ratios (IRR) showed that there was a higher risk of injury in the final 15\u2005min of play in the second match in comparison to match-play outside the cycles (IRR: 3.1 (95% CI 1.1 to 9.3), p=0.0400). A greater risk of injury overall (IRR: 2.0 (95% CI 1.1 to 3.8), p=0.0345) and in the first-half of play (2.6 (1.1 to 6,5), p=0.0386), and risk of ankle sprains (10.4 (95% CI 1.9 to 57.9), p=0.0068) and non-contact injuries due to a \u2018change in direction\u2019 (IRR: 7.8 (1.3 to 46.8), p=0.0243) were observed in the final match of three-match congestion cycles in comparison to match-play outside the cycles.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Injury rates and patterns were affected in the same elite football players when competing in short congested fixture cycles in comparison to match-play outside the cycles.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2015-095501","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,19]],"date-time":"2015-12-19T00:43:38Z","timestamp":1450485818000},"page":"764-768","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":102,"title":["The impact of short periods of match congestion on injury risk and patterns in an elite football club"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Chris","family":"Carling","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Coaching and Performance, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK"},{"name":"Department of Research and Development, LOSC Lille M\u00e9tropole Football Club, Camphin-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alan","family":"McCall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Research and Development, LOSC Lille M\u00e9tropole Football Club, Camphin-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le, France"},{"name":"Research Department for Sports and Exercise Science, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Franck","family":"Le Gall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Research and Development, LOSC Lille M\u00e9tropole Football Club, Camphin-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory","family":"Dupont","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Research and Development, LOSC Lille M\u00e9tropole Football Club, Camphin-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le, France"},{"name":"University of Lille Nord de France, UDSL, Ronchin, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.2003.009134"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2013-092383"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0029-1243646"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546510361236"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2012-091290"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0030-1267192"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.35.1.43"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.2002.002352"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.37.3.233"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02640410903178344"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2015.1091492"},{"key":"2025080115010744000_50.12.764.12","unstructured":"Strudwick T . 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