@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological study of foot and ankle injuries in recreational sports",
journal="Acta ortopédica Brasileira",
year="2012",
author="Lara, Luiz Carlos Ribeiro and Luciano, Alexandre de Paiva",
volume="20",
number="6",
pages="339-342",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This is a retrospective study showing the incidence, type and extent of injuries occurring in the foot and/or ankle as a result of recreational sports practice. <br><br>METHODS: We treated 131 patients, of which 123 were male and 8 female, with a history of trauma and pain in the foot and/or ankle after the practicing recreational sports. The average age of the male patients was 24.53 years. The evaluation was done through a research protocol, which contained the variables age, sex, diagnosis, and type of recreational sport. <br><br>RESULTS: The sports were classified according to the American Medical Association, which divides them into contact and non-contact sports. 82.4% of the sample practiced contact sports, while 17.6% practiced sports classified as non-contact. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The sprained ankle was the most frequent type of injury, especially those of grade I and II. Soccer was the sport responsible for the highest incidence of injuries and among its various forms the indoor soccer presented the highest frequency of injuries (35%). In the non-contact sports, the highest incidence was found in running. Level of Evidence IV, Case Series.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1413-7852",
doi="10.1590/S1413-78522012000600005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-78522012000600005"
}