Soccer injuries among youth

This study reports the quantitative and qualitative aspects of sports injuries in a 5‐day youth soccer tournament with 12,907 players. A total of 132 injuries that resulted in at least one days' absence from soccer playing were of special interest. The overall injury rate was 3.6 for boys and 4...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 1993-03, Vol.3 (1), p.62-66
Main Authors: Andreasen, I., Faunø, P., Lund, B., Lemche, P., Knudsen, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
epidemiology
injury
Medical sciences
soccer
Sport (general aspects)
tournament
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
youth
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Summary:This study reports the quantitative and qualitative aspects of sports injuries in a 5‐day youth soccer tournament with 12,907 players. A total of 132 injuries that resulted in at least one days' absence from soccer playing were of special interest. The overall injury rate was 3.6 for boys and 4.4 injuries per 1000 hours of play for girls. Statistically significantly higher injury rates between players in puberty and differences in type and location of injuries between boys and girls were found. In 77% of the cases, the injury happened while the injured player was in physical contact with another player, 59% had ball contact and 7% had no contact with any person or ball at all. Five months later a questionnaire was send out to the serious injured players. Of 85 injured players, 10 were absent from school or work on average 11.5 days. Five had surgery. Injury prophylaxis in soccer tournaments is proposed.
ISSN:0905-7188
1600-0838
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0838.1993.tb00363.x