Soccer injuries in childhood

Abstract

A prospective study of soccer injuries, involving 287 male youth players, from the ages of 12-15 was conducted in 24 Greek soccer clubs, during the course of one year. A total of 193 players sustained 209 injuries. The incidence of injuries was 4.0 injuries per 1000 h of soccer time per player, and the most common types of injuries were sprains and strains. Surprisingly, it was found that an increase of injury incidences occurred during practice. Fifty-eight injuries required medical assistance. The majority of injuries (80%) were located in the lower extremities. Collision with other players was the most common activity at the time of injury, accounting for 40% of all injuries. The conclusion of this study and the evidence from other studies suggests that youth soccer is a relatively low risk sport. However, a substantial amount of injuries could be prevented. It is necessary to identify the risk factors, which are associated with these types of injuries.

Relation between performance in side bridge and injuries in amateur soccer

“…This result is similar to that observed in 287 athletes from Greece aged between 12 and 15 years, who reported that 52.6% of their injuries occurred during training (29). Le Gall et al (21) observed in athletes aged between 14 and 16 years from France that 69.1% of injuries occurred during training, but with a significantly higher incidence in games than in trainings.…”

Injury surveillance during a national female youth football tournament in kenya

“…The differences could be due to the various methodologies used to register injuries and exposures, the level of play (elite versus amateur) or the different age groups studied. For comparison the incidence in male youth players during seasonal play ranged from 5.4 to 11.2 injuries per 1000 match hour and 0.5 to 3.9 per 1000 training hours (Froholdt et al, 2009;Johnson et al, 2009;Le Gall et al, 2006;Kakavelakis, 2003). This was a lower incidence than reported for female youth football players.…”

“…No gender difference for injury incidence was found in either of the studies (Froholdt et al, 2009;Emery et al, 2005). The incidence for match play was higher for both elite male (Johnson et al, 2009;Le Gall et al, 2006) and female youth players (Le Gall et al, 2008) compared to amateur male (Froholdt et al, 2009;Kakavelakis et al, 2003) and female (Froholdt et al, 2009;Soligard et al, 2008;Steffen et al, 2007;Emery et al, 2005;Söderman et al, 2001a) players, but the incidence for training injuries were similar.…”

Ergen sporcularda sık görülen yaralanmalar

“…Raket sporlar› ve voleybol ile u¤raflanlarda s›kl›kla omuz ve dirsek sorunlar› görülürken, futbol ve basketbol oynayanlarda alt ekstremite yaralanmalar› birinci s›radad›r. Çocukluk ve ergenlik ça¤›nda ülkemizde en yayg›n spor dal› olan futbolda yaflanan sportif yaralanmalar›n %36-37,9'u dizde ve %24,5-29'u ayakbile¤inde görülmektedir (17,19). Bunlar› %9-22 ile uyluk, %5-6 ile bacak ve %5 ile pelvis-kas›k bölgesi yaralanmalar› takip etmektedir (14,17,19).…”