Volleyball Technopaths in Senegal

Abstract

Introduction Sport anticipation, address and opposition in two separate spaces. Volleyball knows a frantic expansion with more and more spectacular gestures sources of various traumas. Our study is to analyse the trauma related to the volleyball game; relative to our context. Patients and Methods We collected 69 injuries from 63 licensed players of the Senegalese Volleyball Federation and who had regularly played the Championship and the National Cup for the 2016-2017 season. Data collection was carried out through a completed closed questionnaire. Results Forty (40) boys and twenty-three (23) girls, volleyball players, participated in this study. The average age was 23.6 years old. The average weight was 68.63 kg. The average height was 184.36 cm. The average age of the onset of the practice was 14.79 years. The average duration of practice was 8.67 years. The incidence of lesions was 1.84 per 1000 hours of play with 90.5% of players reporting injury. The 50.7% lesions were on the lower limb. Sprain accounted for 62.3% of the lesions; musculotendinous lesions 14.5% and bruises 11.6%. The majority of lesions, 53.6%, occurred during training. The net area was the site of 50.7% of the lesions. Physical contact accounted for 59.4% of the lesions. The balloon was involved in 33.3% of the lesions. The fall on the playground was responsible for 33.3% of the injuries. Receiving an opponent's weight on the ankle accounted for 76.06% of ankle sprains. The management was functional in 81.2%. It was satisfactory in 89.5%. The average rest period was 4.4 weeks. Conclusion Although considered a non-contact sport and therefore less virulent, relative to other team sports; volleyball is also a source of trauma. Beyond its originality to be realized in a sub-Saharan country; this study confirms the universality of the trauma related the volleyball, a sport that continues to take off.