Caracterização das lesões em atletas de voleibol: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Currently one of the fastest growing sports in the world is volleyball. In Brazil it is the second most practiced sport and is considered a safe modality in comparison to other team sports, such as football, handball and basketball. Even though it is a sport without physical contact, injuries are always present among athletes.Knowing the injuries and the possible ways to get injured is very important, so we can do all the mapping of the most vulnerable areas and plan a more specific work to prevent injuries.Previous studies point out the ankle as the joint with the highest incidence of injuries in volleyball athletes, with the inversion of the foot being the injury mechanism.The aim of the study was to review the scientific evidence and identify the characteristics of sports injuries, to know which joint has the highest incidence and prevalence of injuries in volleyball athletes.We realized that the result depends on the study format to be made, the prevalence of injuries and the most injured joint if different, for example from the training period for injuries in the period of games / competitions.