Descriptive epidemiology of injuries in a Brazilian premier league soccer team
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2013
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Soccer, which has a large number of participants, has a high injury incidence that causes
both financial and time burdens. Therefore, knowledge about the epidemiology of soccer injuries
could allow sports-medicine professionals, such as physicians and physiotherapists, to direct their
work in specific preventive programs. Thus, our aim was to conduct an epidemiological survey of
injuries sustained by professional soccer players from the same team who participated in the Brazilian
championship premier league in 2009. To this end, we evaluated retrospectively player medical
records from the team, which included name, date of birth, position, date of injury, mechanism of
injury, and type of injury. In the period of study, 95 injuries were recorded: 42 (44.2%) were recorded
during matches, and 53 (55.8%) during the training period. Injuries occurred more frequently in
midfielders and strikers. All injuries happened in the lower limb, most of the injuries were muscular,
and most occurred as the result of collisions with other athletes. In summary, this study demonstrates
that there is a need for greater safety awareness in the training environment.
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Injuries, Soccer players, Epidemiology
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FACHINA, Rafael Júlio de Freitas Guina et al. Descriptive epidemiology of injuries in a Brazilian premier league soccer team. Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, London, v. 4, p. 171-174, 2013.