Prevalence of ankle sprain in paediatric football players

Patane, Gayatri R.; Kadam, Namrata A.

Affiliations

¹Gayatri Ramesh Patane Intern, Faculty of Physiotherapy, KIMS “Deemed to be University” Karad, India

²Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, KIMS “Deemed to be University” Karad, India

Abstract and keywords

Background: The purpose of this study was to find the prevalence of ankle sprain in paediatric football player.

Method: Ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional ethical committee. School students playing football were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After consent from parents, the footballers were asked a set of questions related to ankle sprain. And accordingly study was carried out to find the prevalence of ankle sprain in paediatric footballers.

Results: After analysing the data, it was found that 46% of children had ankle sprain. Among this 46% of population, inversion type of ankle sprain was most common with prevalence of 36% followed by eversion with prevalence of 7%.

Conclusion: After analysis it was concluded that the prevalence of ankle sprain was 46%.

Keywords: Ankle sprain; Paediatric football player

Links

DOI: 10.37506/ijpot.v14i2.2601

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