Soccer and futsal injuries in the netherlands

Background Participation in sports has beneficial effects on health. Unfortunately there are also negative effects due to sports injuries. The number of sports injuries in the Netherlands is about 3.6 million every year. A lot of those injuries occur during soccer. TNO developed a web-Based Injury information System (BIS) to study sports injuries. Objective To study the incidence, location, severity and risk factors of professional soccer and futsal injuries. Design In soccer a prospective cohort study was carried out by means of web-based information gathering. Data on background, injuries an... Mehr ...