Types and circumstances of injury occurence at competitors practicing football

Demczyszak Iwona, Czerniak Magdalena, Fortuna Małgorzata, Gut Gabriel. Types and circumstances of injury occurence at competitors practicing football. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(11):446-457. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1848491 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6340 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/889516 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.11.2018. Revised: 20.11.2018. Accepted: 30.11.2018. Types and circumstances of injury occurence at competitors practicing football Iwona Demczyszak http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2716-0357 Faculty of Postgraduate Medical Training, Wroclaw Medical University in Wroclaw Poland Principal contact for editorial correspondence. Magdalena Czerniak http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-1489 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra Poland Małgorzata Fortuna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4545-1847 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra, Poland Poland Gabriel Gut http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-422X Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Karkonosze College in Jelenia Góra Poland Key words: sport, footballers, injuries Abstract Introduction It is believed that football injuries account for up to 3% of all injuries that requires hospitalization. Often the cause of accidents is brutal and incompatible with the game. Aim The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sports injuries in football competitors in group of players from Złotoryjski Klub Sportowy. Material and methods The research material was a group of 25 male trainees actively football. The respondents were men aged 16 to 38 years old. Players train average 3 times a week for 90 minutes. In research was used the questionnaire of diagnostic sounding. The answers of the respondents were divided into categories and analyzed statistically. Test results In ZKS Górnik Złotoryja team the most common injuries occured on incorrectly prepared grass pitch, said the vast majority – 75%. In studied group the most common injury was sprain ankle which suffered 16 respondents which gives 41%, other suffered of back pain 13%, 11% suffed of hip-joint, 10% suffered of other injuries such as head injuries. Among other injuries, respondents mentioned: twisted knee-joint, twisted wrist, breaking shoulder, back pain, meniscus damage. Conclusions 1. Players in the vast majority suffered injuries of musculoskeletal system. 2. Due to nature of fooball the most vulnerable to injuries were lower limbs. 3. The most common injuries in surveyed group were sprains and bruises in lower limbs. 4. Among the circumstances in which players suffered injuries pointed on overtrain and direct clash with the opponent. Among technical reasons the most pointed was improperly prepared football pitch