Injuries of Futsal Players and Prevention in China

Abstract

Futsal has become an important form of “campus football”. It can provide important supports to sustainable develop- ment of “campus football” by studying injuries futsal players. In this study, the injured position and causes of futsal play- ers were analyzed through questionnaire survey, compari- son and literature review. It concludes that ankle is the most vulnerable position of futsal players to injuries, followed by waist, knee joint, head and face, hip and thigh succes- sively. Waist is the most vulnerable position of goalkeeper, followed by hand, head and face, ankle and shoulder suc- cessively. Unreasonable body contact, inaccurate technical movement and poor physical strength preparation are main causes of injuries, which have some similarities and differ- ences with causes of injuries in standard football games. Finally, different prevention measures were proposed to dif- ferent injury positions.