Riesgo de lesiones en futbolistas de clubes semiprofesionales a través de la aplicación del Star Excursion Balance Test Cuenca 2021

Abstract

Background: Injures are considered the main cause of absenteeism in soccer players, because it is the most practiced sport worldwide and prone to greater contact. Other important factors are related to physical preparation, being, as well, the level of demand in a professional, semi-professional and amateur soccer player. These sports injuries commonly occur at the muscular and ligamentous level in the lower limbs. Objective: Determine the risk of injury to footballers of semi-professional clubs by applying the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT). Methods: A descriptive, prospective cross-sectional study was carried out, the SEBT was applied to evaluate the dynamic equilibrium in semi-professional football players. SPSS version 20 software was used with a significance of 0.05 to characterize the variables and prepare the statistical results. For the statistical results, percentage and frequency tables were used, which were represented by simple and compound tables by means of descriptive statistics to represent the variables registered in the database. Results: In the players evaluated the mean age was 19.65 years, according to the SEBT 56.7% present risk of injury in the lower limbs. The 48.3% had previous lesions, relative to the length of members 71.7% were asymmetric and in terms of BMI 88.3% had a normal weight. Conclusion: The present study shows that there are several factors that predispose to suffer some type of injury, obtaining a percentage of 56,7% risk of injury according to the SEBT.