Prevalence of injuries in university athletes practicers futsal/PREVALENCIA DE LESOES EM ATLETAS UNIVERSITARIOS PRATICANTES DE FUTSAL

The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of injuries in university athletes practicers futsal at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. Sixty-three university athletes futsal of both sexes, aged 23 [+ or -] 3 years, participated in this study. A retrospective questionnaire was applied to investigate the history of injuries. In this study, 76% of the athletes presented lesions, the average number of injuries per athlete was 3.1. The position that presented the highest number of injuries was that of goalkeepers (34%). The game was the activity that presented the highest number of injuries (58%). The mechanism of injury most affected was indirect trauma (57%). The competition phase was the one with the most injuries (71%). The most common type of injury was sprain (46%). The body segment most vulnerable to injury was the ankle, which was present in 52% of the athletes. Severe injuries were the most frequent, 85% of the athletes were away from practice for more than a month. It was concluded that this group of university athletes of futsal was affected by a large number injuries. With this, there is a need for preventive and specific work to avoid injuries in university athletes.