The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency and character-istics of injuries that occurred during the training camps and matches of the national soccer teams (under-20 [U-20], under-23 [U-23], A men’s national teams). The research data were based on injuries that occurred from January 2016 to December 2017. The athletic trainer, a member of the Korea Football Association, recorded injuries based on the record-ing sheet of the Asian Football Confederation Daily Medical Report. A total of 1,689 (984 in 2014; 705 in 2017) injuries were reported for the 2 years. Most injuries were sports injuries (95%, sprains, etc.), and other conditions such as respiratory, digestive, and ocular, comprised only 5% of cases. The most injured areas of the national team players were the lower limbs (85%, 1,366). The frequency of the head/trunk and upper ex-tremity injuries were relatively low (8.4%, 135; 6.5%, 105). The frequency of injuries according to positions were as follows: midfielder (40.3%, 648), defender (36.6%, 688), forward (17.8%, 286), and goalkeeper (5.2%, 84). The most common types of injuries were contusions (37.3%, 599), fol-lowed by muscle rigidity (29.0%, 466) and sprains (16.8%, 270). The char-acteristics of injuries amongst national soccer teams, according to age, were similar, but the injury characteristics for each position were differ-ent. Therefore, when organizing training programs for prevention and rehabilitation of athlete injuries and improvement of performance, it is necessary to consider the performance characteristics of each position.
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Abstract INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects Measurements Statistical analysis RESULTS Type of injuries Location of injuries Location of injuries by playing position Diagnoses of injuries DISCUSSION CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
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SoccerNational teamInjury
저자
Kwan Hwang-Bo [ Department of Technical Education, Korea Football Association, Paju, Korea ]
Chang-Hwa Joo [ Department of Sport Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea ]
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