Ankle Sprain in Young Athletes: A 2-Year Retrospective Study at a Multisport Club

Thiago Ribeiro Teles Santos; Edilene Isidora Silva; Marcela Mendes de Almeida Gomide Leite; Guilherme Bernardone Pinho; Mateus Martins Marcati; Natalia Franco Netto Bittencourt

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1742340

Ankle Sprain in Young Athletes: A 2-Year Retrospective Study at a Multisport Club

Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo). 2022 Mar 4;57(6):1001-1008. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1742340. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Thiago Ribeiro Teles Santos^{1

2}, Edilene Isidora Silva³, Marcela Mendes de Almeida Gomide Leite³, Guilherme Bernardone Pinho³, Mateus Martins Marcati⁴, Natalia Franco Netto Bittencourt^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte (UniBH), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
² Centro Universitário Una, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
³ Departamento de Fisioterapia Esportiva, Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
⁴ Departamento Médico, Minas Tênis Clube, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; Departamento de Medicina do Esporte, Hospital Mater Dei, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Abstract

Objective The present study aimed to analyze ankle sprains in young athletes of basketball, futsal, artistic gymnastics, trampoline, tennis, judo, and volleyball over 2 seasons. Methods Data of 529 athletes in the 1 ^st year and of 495 athletes in the 2 ^nd year of analysis were investigated from the injury record database of a sports club. The following data were considered: the demographic characteristics (age, body mass, height, and sex), the mechanism (contact or noncontact), the severity, the moment at which the injury occurred, and the recurrence. Also, the incidence rate, the injury risk of the first ankle sprain, and the incidence rate ratio between sports were calculated. Results The athletes sustained 124 ankle sprains in the 2 years of analysis. The majority occurred during training (76.6%) and lead to absence from sports practice (75.8%). The injury recurrence was low: 2 athletes (1.6%) had a recurrence in the same year and 5 (4.0%) in the following year. The incidence rate (0.79 to 12.81 per 1,000 hours) and the injury risk (1.14 to 19.44%) varied among sports. Volleyball, basketball, and futsal presented the highest injury rate incidence. Tennis, gymnastics, and trampoline showed the lowest injury rate incidence. Judo showed an incidence rate different from those of basketball and volleyball in the 1 ^st year and similar to those of other sports in the 2 ^nd year. Conclusion Ankle sprain greatly impacted sports practice and presented characteristics that differ among the investigated sports. These findings may contribute to developing preventive injury programs.

Keywords: ankle injuries; athletes; sports; sprains and strains.

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