Abstract

ZUFFO, Tobias Natan et al. Profile of musculoskeletal injuries among young soccer players. Motri. [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.1, pp.22-31.  Epub Mar 30, 2023. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27003.

Soccer performance is characterized by diverse athletic demands and a high prevalence of sports injuries (SI). The current study aimed to describe the prevalence and sports injury characteristics among young soccer players. Casuistry was constituted of 10-17 aged soccer players who were divided into four (4) age groups: Sub-11; Sub-13; Sub-15; and Sub-17. Demographic and anthropometric parameters, as well as retrospective SI, were collected as dependent variables. Sub-17 exhibited higher SI cases prevalence, and Sub-11 reported greater SI incidence by injured participants (46.2%); 50 cases (62.5%) derived from training sessions. Inferior limbs were the main anatomical sites of SI onset, and ankle/foot constituted the main region related by participants (45.5%). In terms of mechanisms, non-traumatic SI were the more prevalently related (55%). Likewise, the asymptomatic return was more commonly reported, totalizing 57 cases (71.3%). In conclusion, SI prevalence among young soccer players consisted of light cases on inferior limb sites in the ankle/foot and non-associated with medical support.

Keywords : soccer; young athletes; injury incidence.

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