Investigation of Sport Injury Patterns in Female Futsal Players

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate injury patterns, risk factors and causes in female futsal players. This study was performed on 66 volunteer female athletes (age: 20.72±2.08) playing at different university teams. Sports injuries were detected by means of data forms. Describe statistic was applied and Pearson Correlation Test was used to determine whether there was a significant correlation between the quantitative parameters. Totally, 93 sports injuries were investigated related futsal. Twenty nine (31.20%) of the all injuries occurred in preseason and 64(68.80%) occurred in the competition season. Fifty three (57.00%) of 93 injuries occurred in lower extremities and 22(23.70%) occurred in upper extremity. The overall injury rate of ankle injuries was 25 (26.90%), knee:20 (%21.50),low back: 15 (16.10%), hip/thigh/leg:11(11.80%), shoulder:8(8.60%), elbow:4 (4.30%), hand/finger:5 (5.40%), and head/face:5 (5.40%). The proportion of acute/traumatic injuries was 73 (78.50%) and overuse was 20 (21.50%) and 24.70% of all injuries were caused by contacting to rival player. Because futsal is a foot sport, high rate of lower extremity injuries (ankle, knee, leg, hip and thigh) may be accepted inevitable. Wearing protective equipment, performing functional strength training and efficient warm up/calm down exercises might reduce the risk of sports injuries related futsal.