Injury evaluation of Turkish national men's football team
OBJECTIVE National Teams are squads composed by the most elite players of countries. The public interest for the national games is also very high. In addition to these two factors, the level of the game played between national teams is very demanding in the nature. So, injury and its treatment has b...
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| Published in: | Journal of sports science & medicine Vol. 6 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-01-2007
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| Summary: | OBJECTIVE National Teams are squads composed by the most elite players of countries. The public interest for the national games is also very high. In addition to these two factors, the level of the game played between national teams is very demanding in the nature. So, injury and its treatment has become very important determining factors for the suc-cess of the teams. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the incidence and general characteristics of injuries experi-enced in Turkish National Football Team between years 2000 and 2005. METHODS The affected body part, type of injury and applied treatment procedures during official and friendly games and their preparation periods were recorded by the medical staff on a daily basis. The data reveals a six years period between 01.01.2000 and 31.12.2005. Cross tabulation, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics and Chi-Square tests are used for statistical evaluations. RESULTS Along the study period, 208 trainings and 52 matches were recorded. The averages of 108 total injuries per match and training were 1.0 and 0.27, respectively. 80.6% of the injuries affected lower extremities. The most common injury area was thigh with 25%, the most common injury type was contusion with 32%, and the treatment was mostly (PTR) (89.8%). 37% of the injuries recovered in 1-3 days. CONCLUSION Being a considerable long follow up period of injuries (6 years) in National Football Team and being followed and documented by the same medical staff, statistical data presents valuable information about incidence, affected body part, type and severity of injuries in European football. The data may serve as a reference for the subse-quent research studies. |
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| ISSN: | 1303-2968 1303-2968 |