Mário Lopes, Francisco Martins, João Brito, Pedro Figueiredo, Rita Tomás, Fernando Ribeiro, Bruno Travassos
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe and characterize injuries sustained by elite male futsal players in Portugal. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Top-tier Portuguese league in the 2019 to 2020 season. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred sixty-seven players from 9 elite/international-level (tier 4) futsal teams. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: The location, type, body side, body part, mechanism of injury, severity, occurrence, days lost, training, and match exposure were collected...
September 1, 2023: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine