[How dangerous is American football in a  German amateur league? An injury analysis according to playing position over a period of four seasons].

CONCLUSION: American football is a contact sport with high injury rates even in the German amateur field, especially during league games. Regarding body regions, shoulders and knees were predominantly affected while regarding the playing position, wide receivers and cornerbacks were particularly jeopardized. Therefore, a continuous close medical supervision during games and an intensive position-specific training seem to be necessary even in the amateur field in order to reduce the injury rate.
PMID: 31720735 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Unfallchirurg - November 12, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Geßlein M, Frodl A, Millrose M, Biber R, Bail HJ, Wolpert AK Tags: Unfallchirurg Source Type: research