Prevalence of sport injuries during the 53th Regional Games in Franca (SP), Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to perform a survey about the prevalence, type and location of the injuries occurred in athletes of different modalities during the 53th Regional Games held in 2009. A total of 182 injured athletes being treated at the physical therapy clinic were included. Physical Therapy evaluation was performed to determine the anatomic location and type of injury, as well the sport modality. The results showed that mean age, height, weight and BMI were 23 years (±5.9), 1.73 m (±0.11), 71 kg (±14.22) and 24 kg/m² (±4) respectively. Proportionality to the number of athletes, handball athletes presented with higher number of injuries (4.25%), followed by indoor soccer players (3.7%), basketball (2.48%), volleyball (1.72%) and soccer (1.63%). The most common type of injury were sprains with 29.7% of cases (n=54) and mostly from soccer players; followed by contracture - 26.9% (n=49), mostly from basketball players; and contusion -25.8% (n=47), mostly from handball and indoor soccer players. The type of injury showed a significant association with the sports modality (p=0.0016). The lower limbs accounted for 71.4% of all injuries including knee (23.1%), ankle (18.1%), thigh (17.0%), leg (10.4%) and spine (9.9%). Preventive actions to avoid athletes' injury should be implemented in order to reduce the number of injuries in sports competitions such as in the Regional Games.

Características Das Lesões Musculoesqueléticas Segundo a Percepção De Atletas De Vôlei De Praia Profissional

“…A incidência de lesões em atletas pode estar relacionada a idade, sexo, condição física, desenvolvimento motor, dieta e fatores psicológicos, bem como que estão associadas com os requisitos específicos de cada modalidade, o tipo de equipamentos utilizados, organização e formação de carga, a concorrência, condições meteorológicas ou uma combinação de fatores. (3) Outros fatores podem ser citados, como a experiência do atleta na prática do esporte, o número de horas por semana de treinamento, dentre outros. Para a recuperação das lesões são necessárias diversas atuações, como uma equipe multidisciplinar, onde o repouso é indispensável para a recuperação.…”

“…(2) Associado a isto, a falta de assistência de um profissional qualificado é prejudicial à saúde do atleta de VP, causando lesões, algumas graves e, consequentemente, o abandono do esporte. (3) As lesões musculoesqueléticas podem afetar diferentes partes do corpo, como, por exemplo, o ombro, o cotovelo, a mão e o punho, o joelho, a coluna vertebral e o quadril, são síndromes de dor crônica que ocorrem no exercício de uma atividade esportiva e por isso está ligada aos exercícios repetitivos, a aplicação de força ou trabalho que requeira posição das articulações muito exigentes. Independentemente do tipo de lesão, as mesmas são resultantes de uma complexa interação de fatores intrínsecos, psicológicos e extrínsecos.…”

Incidence and prevalence of injuries in futsal: A systematic review of the literature

“…© 2021 University of Alicante of rhythm and direction, ball control and interaction with rivals that take place in futsal. This provokes higher stress in these joints and predisposes athletes to injury (Lago-Fuentes et al, 2020;Quemelo et al, 2012;Varkiani et al, 2013). Specifically, ankle-injury-chances are higher when dribbling and shooting (Aminiaghdam, 2012;Cherati et al, 2016;López-Segovia et al, 2019) and the knee, as is situated in the centre of the lower-limb lever arm, is more exposed with changes of rhythm and direction (Aminiaghdam, 2012).…”

“…A major part of studies highlights ankle and knee sprains as the main injury happening during futsal practice (Aminiaghdam, 2012;Baroni et al, 2008;Cherati et al, 2016;Dantas & Silva, 2007;Junge & Dvorak, 2010;Lago-Fuentes et al, 2020;Lindenfeld et al, 1994;Luciano & Lara, 2012;Morato et al, 2013;Serrano et al, 2013;Uluöz, 2016). As aforementioned, the constant ball control and disputes with rivals provoke a high demand on these joints and therefore the tendency to injury increases (Panchuk & Glab, 2015;Quemelo et al, 2012;Varkiani et al, 2013). In a similar way, thigh and leg contusions are pretty common in futsal practice (Aminiaghdam, 2012;Junge & Dvorak, 2010;Lago-Fuentes et al, 2020;Lindenfeld et al, 1994;Morato et al, 2013).…”