Injury Trends in a Japanese Collegiate American Football League, 2018-2024

Injury data from 2018 to 2023 served as the baseline for a study exploring the impact of a data-feedback workshop in the Tohoku Collegiate American Football League in Japan. The dataset includes pre- and post-intervention questionnaire results and official injury reports from the 2024 season. Author Yasuyuki Umezaki published the data on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license, last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in injury rates and types based on pre- and post-intervention data mentioned in the description.
• Study the relationship between data-driven feedback workshops and participant safety awareness as described.
• Examine proportional shifts in specific injury categories like muscle cramps and head injuries following an intervention.

Strengths

• Data covers a 6-year period from 2018 to 2023 as a baseline.
• Includes specific statistical comparisons, such as an Incidence Rate Ratio of 1.22 for overall injury rate.
• Study design is described as a mixed-methods approach combining survey and ecological analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The study notes a small post-intervention sample size and absence of a control group.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Mixed-methods study comprising a cross-sectional survey and a pre-post ecological analysis of injury surveillance data.

Time Range

2018-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 05:39:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tohoku Collegiate American Football League, Japan