Citation

Volpi P, Pozzoni R, Galli M. Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 2003; 11(6): 399-402.

Affiliation

Centro di Traumatologia dello Sport e Chirurgia Artroscopica, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Galeazzi, 4, 20161 Milan, Italy. volpi.sozzi@libero.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00167-003-0343-1

PMID

14618321

Abstract

For 4 years we followed a group of football players in the youth division of a professional club, ranging in age from 9 to 19 years, and analyzed the major injuries, i.e., those which required them to be sidelined for at least 4 weeks. We observed 23 sprains, 16 fractures, 16 cases of osteochondrosis, 7 muscle lesions, 6 cases of groin pain (athletic pubalgia), and 4 tendonopathies. The most frequent sites were the knee (n=30) and the ankle (n=11); the trauma factor was predominant (65.2%) with respect to overuse; noncontact traumas were more numerous (63.8%) than those resulting from contrast. Of a total 72 cases 8 regarded goalkeepers, and the remaining 64 cases were distributed among the other positions. As regards the age categories we detected a prevalence of osteochondrosis, traumatic detachments, and some fractures in the younger players, while in the older athletes we observed more sprains, muscle lesions, and tendonopathies.

Keywords: Soccer

Language: en