Medical coverage at soccer sessions
| dc.contributor.author | Twizere, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Frantz, Jose M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-28T12:34:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-28T12:34:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: Soccer in Rwanda exposes soccer players to the risk of injury warranting a need for medical coverage at both training and competitive sessions. This study aims to identify the prevalence, period of injury occurrence, and severity of common soccer injuries among the 1st and 2nd division soccer teams in Rwanda. METHODS: A cross-sectional retrospective quantitative study design was used. Simple random sampling, clustered within teams, was used to get a sample of this study. During sample selection, the random order was determined using the random number generator in Microsoft Excel. Data for soccer players was gathered, using a close-ended questionnaire. The data from soccer players were captured and analyzed with the Microsoft Excel package. RESULTS: The study revealed 68.1 % injury prevalence with a significantly high rate of injuries occurring during training (p< 0.005). Most of the training injuries were moderate followed by major, minor and severe injuries while most injuries during competition were major-moderate, followed by severe-minor. CONCLUSION: The prevalence, period of injury occurrence and severity of injuries in Rwanda indeed warrants medical coverage as a first preventive strategy. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Twizere, J. & Frantz, J. M. (2017). Medical coverage at soccer sessions. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 2(2): 42-52 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1990-9403 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2772 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://jchs.epubs.ac.za/index.php/jchs/article/view/16/13 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | FALSE | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights | This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | TRUE | |
| dc.subject | Soccer | en_US |
| dc.subject | Injury prevention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rwanda | en_US |
| dc.title | Medical coverage at soccer sessions | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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