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It’s almost like being there
Intoduction
Get all lecture notes, presentations and watch videos and photos from the 2011 FIVB Medicine Congress in Bled, Slovenia.
Original article from fivb.com (adapted for ostrc.no)
In January top sports medicine researchers revealed results of their work. Some were more revealing than others.
FIVB research done in 2010 showed, not surprisingly, that during last year’s tournaments ankle sprains was the most common injury. The figures were established thanks to the FIVB Injury Surveillance System
Not “just” injuries
The FIVB Medical Commission President Prof. Dr. Roald Bahr revealed findings at the congress that indicate that after ankle injuries, the most commonly injured body regions in volleyball players were the knee, back and finger.
These figures presented by Prof. Bahr were established thanks to the FIVB Injury Surveillance System. The surveillance system was established in 2010 and aims at providing important epidemiological information about injuries in volleyball. It will also give directions for injury prevention and the opportunity for monitoring long-term changes in injury patterns.
Bigger sport, fewer injuries
Volleyball is the world’s biggest sport, contrary to what most people think. Football, or soccer as they say in the U.S., has fewer players worldwide. Yet soccer presents a greater risk for major injuries.
Figures from the injury surveillance system showed that the overall injury risk which could lead to a substantial amount of time away from the game is low, much lower than most other team sports. In fact, while a volleyball team can expect one injury every 20 matches, in football there is on average one injury per team every match.
Playing with pain
Although serious acute injuries are rare events, elite players are proned to overuse injuries. Beach volleyball and volleyball players are frequently bothered by overuse injuries in the spine, knee and shoulder (from jumping and smashing).
A survey conducted among volleyball athletes in 2008 showed that 49 percent of the players had pains in either the lower back, shoulder and/or the knee. A similar survey conducted the year later showed the same results.
The duration of these symptoms are relatively high when compared to other Olympic sports, on the other hand only two per cent of the athletes missed a week or more of training for lower back pain, three to four per cent for shoulder pain and seven per cent of male athletes for knee pain.
– In the end no differences between volleyball and beach volleyball players were found. Fortunately, symptoms are generally moderate and most players are able to compete as usual, Prof. Bahr told fivb.org.