Lesões musculoesqueléticas em jogadores de futevôlei não profissionais

Abstract

Introduction: The occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries in highly competitive athletes, such as footvolley players, is frequent and disabling, producing direct implications for sporting performance and quality of life. Objective: To describe the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries and their characteristics in non-professional footvolley players. Methodology: Cross-sectional and descriptive study, carried out with 62 non-professional footvolley players. Participants underwent the Referred Morbidity Survey to identify musculoskeletal injuries. Results: The average age of the participants was 25,2 (±6,3) years, and of the 62 interviewed, 23 (37,9%) did not have any injury and 39 (62,9%) had some type of injury. lesion. The most common injuries were low back pain, totaling 13 cases (22,9%), followed by pubalgia with 8 (14,0%), muscle strain 7 (12,3%), tendinopathy 5 (8,8%) and injuries ligamentous 5 (8,8%). Regarding the most affected anatomical sites, the lumbar spine had 12 cases (21,1%), knee 11 (19,3%) and hip 10 (17,5%). As for the injury mechanisms, the most cited were the chest with 15 occurrences (26,3%), snatching 13 (22,8%), plate 10 (17,5%) and head 10 (17,5%). Conclusion: We evidenced a moderate prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in the non-professional athletes surveyed, occurring mainly in the lumbar spine and lower limbs.