The point prevalence of South African male soccer players’ injuries in the Gauteng province.
De Wet, K.B. Ellapen, T.J. Paul, Y. Mahlangu, M.P.
De Wet, K.B.
Ellapen, T.J.
Paul, Y.
Mahlangu, M.P.
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Abstract
Background: The ever-evolving game of soccer is a complex physical contact team sport, exposing its participants to injury.
Objectives: To identify the point prevalence of soccer injuries among young amateur, semi-professional, and professional South African male soccer players.
Methods: The participation of male amateur (n=54), semi-professional (n=34), and professional (n=57) players provided a cross-sectional overview of the nature of the most predominant types and anatomical sites of injuries affecting
soccer players (average age 23.9±4.7 years). All participants completed the Fuller soccer injury questionnaire, ISAK somatotype profiling and knee flexion/extension isokinetic concentric peak torque (Nm) evaluations at 60°/s.
Results: Fifty per cent of the players sustained soccer injuries (X2=0.9). Knee (20%) and ankle (19%) were the most vulnerable sites (X2=0.00001). Knee-injured players’ right quadriceps torque (199±37 vs 223±38 Nm) and percentage right quadriceps torque relative to body mass (286±54 vs 311±39%) was significantly weaker than the non-injured players (p<0.01). The injured players’ right hamstrings/quadriceps (H/Q) torque ratio further significantly differed from the non-injured players’ H/Q torque ratios (79±17 vs 70±9%) (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Male soccer players experience neuro-musculoskeletal injuries, with their knees and ankles being the most vulnerable. Knee-injured players had weaker quadriceps isokinetic strength than non-injured players.
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2024-01-01
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South African Sports Medicine Association Commercial Publisher
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Knee, Isokinetic, Training history, Body composition