Sports Injuries Among Players of the Polish National Team in Amputee Football in the Annual Training Cycle

The aim of the study was to determine the frequency, type and origin of the occurrence of injuries in amputee football. The studied group comprised all members of the Polish national amputee football team (n = 25). During the 9month observation period, 13 players incurred 22 injuries. The incidence proportion was 48.0 per 100 athletes (95% Cl, 28.4-67.6) and the incidence rate was 5.73 per 1000 athlete-days (95% Cl, 3.33-8.12). The study showed that 32.8% of the injuries were to the thigh, 13.6% to the ankle, and 9.1% to the knee. The obtained results indicate that amputee football players rather frequently incur play-related injuries, but a single athlete incurs relatively few of them, with the lower limb being most commonly injured.

Kasińska, Z., Urbański, P. K., Tasiemski, T. (2022). Sports Injuries Among Players of the Polish National Team in Amputee Football in the Annual Training Cycle. Journal of Human Kinetics, 81, 211-219. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0021

Kasińska, Z., Urbański, P. K., and Tasiemski, T. (2022). Sports Injuries Among Players of the Polish National Team in Amputee Football in the Annual Training Cycle. Journal of Human Kinetics, 81, pp.211-219. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0021

Kasińska, Zofia et al. “Sports Injuries Among Players of the Polish National Team in Amputee Football in the Annual Training Cycle.” Journal of Human Kinetics, vol. 81, 2022, pp. 211-219. doi:10.2478/hukin-2022-0021.

Kasińska Z, Urbański PK, Tasiemski T. Sports Injuries Among Players of the Polish National Team in Amputee Football in the Annual Training Cycle. Journal of Human Kinetics. 2022;81:211-219. https://doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0021