The study examined 54 players in the English Premier League soccer club for hypermobility at the start of the 2009-2010 season. The prevalence of hypermoility was 33.3 percent.
Hypermobile athletes were more likely to experience at least one injury, a re-injury and severe injury when compared with nonhypermobile participants. Of the nine severe injuries among hypermobile athletes, six were cartilage injuries.
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