Injuries in adolescent female players in European football: a prospective study over one outdoor soccer season

Authors: Söderman K.^{1, 2}; Adolphson J.¹; Lorentzon R.^{1, 3}; Alfredson H.^{1, 3}

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Volume 11, Number 5, October 2001 , pp. 299-304(6)

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Abstract:

In this prospective study, injuries in 153 adolescent female soccer players were recorded during one outdoor season (April–October). The overall injury incidence rate was 6.8 per 1000 h soccer (games and practice) and the incidence rate of traumatic injury 9.1 and 1.5 per 1000 player-hours in games and practice, respectively. Sixty-three players (41%) sustained 79 injuries. Sixty-six percent of the injuries were traumatic and 34% were overuse injuries. Most of the traumatic injuries occurred during games. Eighty-nine percent of the injuries were located in the lower extremities and 42% occurred in the knee or ankle. The most frequent type of injury was ankle sprain (22.8%). Forty-one percent of the traumatic injuries and 56% of the ankle sprains were re-injuries. Most of the injuries were of moderate severity (52%), while 34% were minor and 14% were major. Most of the major injuries were traumatic such as knee ligament injuries and ankle sprains.

Language: English

Document Type: Original article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Sports Medicine Unit, Umeå University, 2: Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, 3: Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, National Institute for Working Life, Umeå, Sweden *

Publication date: 2001-10-01