Lesões musculoesqueléticas em atletas de voleibol – Estudo observacional

Abstract

Introduction: Volleyball is a team sport practiced by both genders and involves various motor skills. Like other sports, injuries are an inevitable part of its practice. Objective: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal injuries in volleyball players. Methodology: An observational, cross-sectional study of 93 amateur and professional volleyball players, 65 men and 28 women. The participants were submitted to the Referred Morbidity Survey (IMR) to identify and characterize the injuries. A significance level of 5% (p≤0.05) was adopted. Results: There was a high prevalence of injuries, so that the 93 participants recorded 362 injuries, with an average of 3.89 injuries per athlete. The most common injuries were ligament injuries with 125 cases (34.5%), tendinopathies 44 (12.1%), dislocations 40 (11.0%) and myalgias 33 (9.1%). The anatomical sites most affected were the ankle with 98 cases (27.1%), the knee 79 (21.8%), the hand 57 (15.7%) and the shoulder 53 (14.6%). As for the mechanisms of injury, the most cited were overuse with 120 cases (33.1%), sprains 100 (27.6%), direct trauma 65 (18%) and jumping 30 (8.3%). Regarding the time of injury, they occurred especially during competitions with 203 cases (56.1%) and training sessions 136 (37.6%). Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of injuries, the most common being ligament and tendinopathy, mainly affecting the lower limbs.