The prevalence of injuries in professional Turkish soccer players

• Authors: Faruk Yamaner , Hayrettin Gümüşdağ , Alparslan Kartal , M. Gümüş , A. Güllü , O. Imamoğlu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To assess the prevalence and anatomical sites of injuries in professional soccer players in one game season.Material and methods: A cohort of 510 professional male soccer players consisting of 48 goalkeepers, 194 defence players, 189 mid-field players and 79 forward players of the 1st and 2nd Turkish Professional Soccer Leagues in 2005-2006 season were requested to submit questionnaire reports on all injuries they experienced.Results: About 60% of all injuries pertained to lower extremities, another 25% to upper extremities, the most frequent being skin abrasions (about 24%). The percentage of players who sustained injuries was lowest among mid-field players (about 47%) compared with other categories (nearly 70%) but the average number of injuries per player was highest among them (8.1 vs. about 4.5). The risk of sustaining injury when playing a match amounted to 9.8% for mid-field players; that was significantly (p<0.01) lower (11.7 - 13.0%) than for other categories of players.Conclusions: Football injuries are the major factor affecting players' performance. Thus, appropriate strategies, aimed at reducing injuries, ought to be implemented.

Keywords

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Football; Injuries; Injury risk; Anatomical sites

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 6-9

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

16 - 2 - 2011

Contributors

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Faruk Yamaner

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Hitit University, Çorum

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Hayrettin Gümüşdağ

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Hitit University, Çorum

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Alparslan Kartal

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Hitit University, Çorum

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M. Gümüş

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak

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A. Güllü

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Inönü University, Malatya

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O. Imamoğlu

• School of Physical Education and Sport, 19 Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-011-0002-9