Factors associated with injuries among first-division Rwandan female soccer players

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dc.contributor.authorNiyonsenga, J.D.
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Julie
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-04T07:07:25Z
dc.date.available2014-09-04T07:07:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractBackground: Female soccer has grown tremendously in the last decade. Studies have suggested that female soccer players are more susceptible to injuries than their male counterparts, and their vulnerability is due mainly to intrinsic factors such as their anatomical and physiological structure. Objectives: To establish factors associated with soccer injuries among first-division Rwandan female soccer players. Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, self-administered questionnaires were used to investigate factors associated with injuries among soccer players. Results: Almost half of the 300 participants (45%) indicated having been injured in the three seasons prior to the study. More than half (52.6%) were recurrent injuries. The ankle was the most common body part injured. Intrinsic factors associated with injuries were age, excessive ankle range of motion, pre-menstrual symptoms, and previous injury (p-value < 0.05). Extrinsic factors associated with injuries were use of oral contraceptive pills, (OCP), competition level, use of protective equipment, and player’s position. Conclusions: The large number of recurring injuries was notable, emphasizing the importance of prevention strategies and access to adequately trained medical personnel as research has shown a significant reduction in the prevalence of recurring injuries after the introduction of effective prevention programmes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNiyonsenga, J.D. & Phillips, J. (2013). Factors associated with injuries among first-division Rwandan female soccer players. African Health Sciences Journal, 13(4): 1015-1020en_US
dc.identifier.issn1680-6905
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1229
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherFaculty of Medicine, Makerere Universityen_US
dc.rights© 2013 Niyonsenga & Phillips. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectFemale soccer playersen_US
dc.subjectInjuryen_US
dc.subjectIntrinsic and extrinsic factorsen_US
dc.titleFactors associated with injuries among first-division Rwandan female soccer playersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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