Abstrak
Background: Prospective studies on football injuries and their risk factors in the African setting are sparse. Such studies are needed to understand the peculiarities of injuries and hence proffer appropriate intervention for injury prevention in the region.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence and characteristics of match injuries during the 2011 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) cup.
Methods: Team physiotherapists from the participating teams documented all newly incurred injuries on standardised injury report forms using the Federation of International Football Association’s (FIFA) Medical Assessment and Research Centre protocols.
Results: An overall of 89 injuries were sustained during the tournament, resulting in 9.9 injuries per match or 289 injuries per 1000 player hours. Seventeen (19.1%) of these injuries resulted in loss of competition activity (time-loss), equivalent to 1.9 injuries per match or 55.2 injuries per 1000 player hours. Over three quarters (73; 82%) of injuries were incurred through contact with another player. The lower leg accounted for almost a quarter of all injuries (21; 23.6%) while the knee recorded the highest number of time-loss injuries (5; 29.4%). The most frequent types of injury were contusion (61; 68.5%) and strain (13; 14.6%).
Conclusion: The overall incidence of injuries during the WAFU cup was much higher than those of other tournaments ever documented but the characteristics of injuries were similar. In order to fully define the nature of injuries and more reliably identify the risk of injury for the establishment of injury prevention strategies that will be appropriate for this region of the world, it is imperative that further systematic injury recording and analysis in African players are carried out.
Keywords: Injuries, football, soccer, tournament, West Africa
Résumé
Contexte: Des études prospectives sur les blessures de football et leurs facteurs de risque dans le contexte africain sont rares. De telles études sont nécessaires pour comprendre les particularités des blessures et donc proférer des interventions appropriées pour la prévention des blessures dans la région.
Objectif: Évaluer l’incidence et les caractéristiques des lésions du match lors de la Coupe UFOA 2011.
Méthodes: Une groupe de physiothérapeutes des équipes participantes ont enregistré toutes les blessures récemment subies sur des formulaires de rapport de blessure se servant de l’évaluation médicale de la FIFA et les protocoles des centres de recherche.
Résultats: Un ensemble de 89 blessures ont été retenues pendant le tournoi, résultant à 9,9 blessures par match ou 289 blessures pour 1000 heures de jeu. Dix-sept (19,1%) de ces blessures ont entraîné un arrêt des matchs (perte de temps), ce qui équivaut à 1,9 blessures par match soit 55,2 blessures par 1000 heures de jeu. Plus de trois quarts (73, 82%) des blessures ont été occasionnées par contact avec un autre joueur. Les blessés de la jambe représentaient près d’un quart de toutes les blessures (21; 23,6%) tandis que le genou a enregistré le plus grand nombre de blessures avec perte de temps (5; 29,4%). Les types de blessures les plus fréquents étaient la contusion (61; 68,5%) et l’entorse (13, 14,6%).
Conclusion: L’incidence totale des blessures lors de la coupe UFOA était beaucoup plus élevée que celle des autres tournois jamais documenté, mais les caractéristiques des blessures étaient similaires. Pour bien définir la nature des blessures et identifier de manière plus fiable les risques de blessures pour la mise en place de stratégies de prévention des blessures plus appropriée dans cette région du monde, il est impératif d’enregistrer et d’analyser systématiquement davantage de blessures chez les joueurs africains.
Correspondence: Dr. OBA Owoeye, Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, PMB 12003, Idi Araba, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: toyosialexowoeye@yahoo.com
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