Diferencias de las lesiones sufridas en 4 campeonatos sudamericanos de fútbol femenino y masculino

Abstract

Objective

To analyze the injuries in 4, male and female, official championships CONMEBOL for determined the differences in location, diagnosis and severity of injuries among players of both sexes.

Material and methodology

Injuries recorded in competitions with 506 female players in 48 games, and 644 male players in 58 games. One hundred fifteen males and 151 females were injured of varying severity. We study the diagnosis, location, time, lowered sports and mechanism of injury.

Results

One third of the injuries occurred between minute 30 and 45 of the game. Most frequent injuries in women were in the head and face (22.5%), knee (15.9%), ankle (15.2%) and calf (11.2%). In men were in the thigh (25.2%), head and face (14.8%), calf (11.2%), foot (10.3%) and ankle (9.5%). Bruises, in both groups, was the most frequent diagnosis (65.5% women; 44% men), followed by muscle tears (12.1%), muscle strains (13%) and sprains (7.7%) in males and followed by concussions (14%) and sprains (8.6%) in females. A total of 70% of serious injuries were not sanctioned in men's soccer.

Conclusion

The bruises were the leading cause of injury followed, in women, by concussions and in men by thigh muscle injury. A third of the injuries occurred in the last quarter of the first half and most of the injuries were mild. In men's football are most common severe injuries.