Incidence of Injury in Indoor Soccer
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 22 (3), 364-371
- https://doi.org/10.1177/036354659402200312
Abstract
All injuries occurring over a 7-week period at a local indoor soccer arena were documented for analysis of incidence rates. All injury rates were calculated per 100 player-hours. The overall injury rates for male and fe male players were similar, 5.04 and 5.03, respectively. The lowest injury rate was found among the 19- to 24- year-old athletes and the highest injury rate was found among the oldest age group (≥25 years). Collision with another player was the most common activity at the time of injury, accounting for 31 % of all injuries. The most common injury types were sprains and muscle contu sions, both occurring at a rate of 1.1 injuries per 100 player-hours. Male players suffered a significantly higher rate of ankle ligament injuries compared with fe male players (1.24 versus 0.43, P< 0.05), while female players suffered a significantly higher rate of knee liga ment injuries (0.87 versus 0.29, P< 0.01). Goalkeepers had injury rates (4.2) similar to players in nongoalkeeper positions (4.5).This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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