Incidence Of Injuries During The Covid-19 Pandemic In A Professional Soccer Team During The A2 Series Of Sao Paulo Championship

Abstract

Covid-19 infection had thousands of cases around the world, which led to the collapse of the health care system in several countries. Characterized by the speed of dissemination, several countries have chose to lockdown the population, which has had a huge social impact, psychological, and economic, even reaching the sports activities. PURPOSE: The goal of this research is to highlight the epidemiological profile of sports injuries in a professional soccer team in Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: Data were collected in the physiotherapy sector of the Esporte Clube Água Santa during the 2020 season of the São Paulo A2 championship. Twenty-eight medical records of professional athletes with ages ranging from 18 to 38 years were analyzed. Only records of athletes with injuries of the following characteristics were included: bone, muscle, tendon, ligament and contusions. RESULTS: Our results indicates that strikers 36% (n = 10) had the highest incidence of injuries. The thigh region 46% (n = 13) as the anatomical location with the highest number of involvements. Hamstrings was the most evident diagnostic hypothesis 21% (n = 6). Muscle lesions 71% (n = 20) prevailed in large numbers in our survey. CONCLUSION: Our research brings to the scientific community the increase of muscle injuries during the Covid-19 pandemic, a fact due to lockdown and paralyzed of training, and the shorter recovery time between one match and another.