Sports injuries in soccer according to tactical position: a retrospective survey

Abstract

Introduction: In soccer, the players’ positions have been associated with specific functional overload, which may cause sports injuries. Objective: To investigate the occurrence and characterize sport injuries according to soccer player position. Methods: 232 male soccer players (129 professionals and 103 amateurs) from different sport teams in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, were distributed in groups according to their soccer player position. Besides anthropometric characteristics, sports injuries were registered by using a referred morbidity survey. The occurrence of injuries was analyzed by means of the Goodman Test. Logistic regression models were used to investigate the relationship between different risk factors and the occurrence/-recurrence of sports injuries. Results: Forwards showed higher occurrence rates of sport injuries than other soccer position groups. Joint injuries in lower limbs constituted the most frequent registered cases. Muscle injuries in the back region were the most registered sports injuries among midfielders, while muscle damages in lower limbs were the primary injuries registered for other line positions. In the etiologic context, contact was the main cause of sports injuries in all groups. Most athletes (195) reported recurrence of sports injuries. Conclusion: The occurrence of sports injuries was higher among forwards. Traumatic joint and muscle injuries were the most prevalent registers in all line positions.

The Relationship of Injury and Injury Associated Risk Factors in Ethiopian Premier League Football Players.

“…The result indicates that the maximum number of injury was occurred in defensive and midfield players. In opposite of this study, the previous finding of epidemiological study indicated that the greater prevalence of sports injuries was occurred in strikers (Carling, et al, 2010;Fachina, et al, 2013;Onaka, et al, 2017), while another study shown that equivalent prevalence of injury among all soccer positions (Dauty and Collon, 2011). As presented in table 1, the most predominant occurred injury was strain in a total of 148 injuries all playing positions, while midfield players sustained the maximum numbers of strain (55; 37.2%), followed by strikers (44; 29.7%), defensive players (43; 29.1%) and goalkeepers (6; 4%).…”

Player Sex and Playing Surface Are Individual Predictors of Injuries in Professional Soccer Players

“…Several studies have reported soccer injury profiles, including the prevalence, type, severity, location, injured tissue, and injury patterns, in youth and adult players in different countries [ 9 , 10 ]. These characteristics seem to be affected by multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including age, sex, player position, professional status, team division, playing surface, and history of previous injuries [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. Player sex may play a role in injury incidence because of the difference between males and females in the nature and demand of sports, the level of sport participation, physiological factors, and psychological factors [ 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

Caracterización de lesiones en jugadores de fútbol de las categorías sub 19 y sub 20

“…Una de las investigaciones que realizó la Universidad Católica de San Antonio en Murcia, España, consideró además de los factores asociados a la práctica deportiva, como los elementos que inciden en la generación de lesiones en los futbolistas, sino que evidencia la importancia de considerar las condiciones del espacio físico en donde se realiza la práctica deportiva, ya que gracias a reportes de diversas organizaciones mundiales de fútbol estos son considerados una de las principales causas de lesiones en los deportistas, por consiguiente, es importante establecer planes de mejora con el fin de mitigar las lesiones en el terreno de juego (Melis et al, 2011). Considerando las posiciones de juego de los futbolistas, el estudio de Onaka et al (2017), determina que para el caso de los porteros la presencia de lesiones se asocia a que en la actualidad la participación de estos jugadores es más dinámica y anticipada dentro del campo de juego, por ende, los traumatismos directos son una de las causas principales para que desarrollen lesiones, las cuales pueden ir desde luxaciones, rupturas ligamentarias y fracturas, esto en cuanto a los defensas, volantes y delanteros (Wong y Hong, 2005), concluyeron que las lesiones en estas posiciones, se asocian a mecanismos directos que involucran traumatismos por choque durante el juego y mecanismos indirectos los cuales estarían ligados a sobre entrenamientos, malos procesos de recuperación y variaciones en la carga de entrenamiento. Por otro lado, cuando se analiza la presencia de lesiones en futbolistas amateur, en el estudio desarrollado por Nogueira et al (2017) donde se evaluaron 527 jugadores de ligas sub 17 y sub 19, se encontró que el mayor porcentaje de lesiones se generó durante los partidos, contra un porcentaje menor de futbolistas que presentaron lesiones durante los entrenamientos; en este mismo estudio los autores reportaron que el 76,6% de las lesiones tuvo su origen por mecanismos traumáticos, mientras que el porcentaje restante evidenció lesiones asociadas al sobreentrenamiento.…”