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.

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