Assessment of risk and severity of injuries among male professional and national football league players in southwest Nigeria

Nigeria has the highest number of football players in Africa with a total of 6,653,710 players. Due to the fast pace and semi-contact nature of football, injuries are regular occurrences. In view of this, it is necessary to examine the risk factors and severity of injuries among Nigerian male profes...

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Published in:Medicina Sportiva : Journal of Romanian Sports Medicine Society 2016-01, Vol.12 (1), p.2703
Main Authors: Onakunle, Tolulope O, Owoeye, Oluwatoyosi B A, Ajepe, Titilope O, Akodu, Ashiyat K, Akinbo, Sunday R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Males
Risk factors
Soccer
Sports injuries
Studies
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Summary:Nigeria has the highest number of football players in Africa with a total of 6,653,710 players. Due to the fast pace and semi-contact nature of football, injuries are regular occurrences. In view of this, it is necessary to examine the risk factors and severity of injuries among Nigerian male professional and national football league players. Material and method. Two hundred and sixty six (266) registered male players in the South-West zone of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) and the Nigeria National League (NNL) for the 2013/2014 season were involved in this study (i.e. 40 from NPFL and 226 from NNL). Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the participants to obtain information on the demographic data, severity of injury and potential risk factors of injury. Chi - square test was used to evaluate the association between the risk factors of injury and occurrence of lower extremity injuries. The level of significance was set at p
ISSN:1841-0162