O impacto dos riscos de lesões no rendimento de atletas profissionais do futebol

Abstract

Soccer is a globally popular sport, being the most practiced both as a leisure activity and as a profession. When it comes to high performance, it involves a significant impact on various systems of the human body, with the musculoskeletal system beingthe most affected due to the level of stress it undergoes. Therefore, post-exercise recovery is important, as injuries can affect the athlete's sports performance. In light ofthis, the objective of the present study was to investigate the influence of injury risk onthe performance of professional football players. This is a field research with aquantitative approach and exploratory and descriptive objectives, conducted at Sampaio Corrêa Soccer Club. The research was submitted to the Ethics and ResearchCommittee of the Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco and approved under the substantiated opinion number 6,335,991. A total of 30 participants were evaluated, allof whom were male, with over 3 years in their athletic careers; 90% of them had alreadyexperienced injuries, with a greater focus on the knee. However, 73.30% did not experience a decline in sports performance related to or not related to injury complaints. Thus, the present study concludes that there was no decline in the players'sports performance, and there was no significant difference in the risk of injury concerning the players' age, playing position, whether they are starters or substitutes,and whether they had a medical consultation in the last 6 months.