Soccer is the largest womenās team sport in Sweden, with more than 56,000 players above the age of 15. Worldwide some 40 million women in more than 100 countries play soccer today.
No one is surprised that players can be injured in soccer, but there are also other factors other than the sport itself that impact the rate of injury.
These are the issue Inger Jacobson at LuleƄ University of Technology in Sweden addresses in her doctoral dissertation Injuries among Female Football Players.
The aim of her research work was to determine whether there are any differences in the frequency of injury across regions and across levels, how the limberness of joints and muscles at the start of the season might affect coming injuries, and whether and, if so, how the fact that women menstruate and in some cases take contraceptive pills impacts their soccer playing and the risk of injury.
āMy research shows that the rate of injury can be associated with regional factors and the level of playing, and that the rate of injury increases in connection with menstruation. On the other hand, there is no indication that contractive pills increase the risk of injury,ā says Inger Jacobson.
Inger Jacobsonās studies are based on an investigation of 30 womenās soccer teams in Swedenās top two leagues. A total of 446 injuries were studied in a single soccer season.
Information: Inger Jacobson, phone: +46 920-49 38 78; cell phone: +46 70-375 12 36; e-mail: inger.jacobson@ltu.se
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Expertsvar, The Swedish Research Council, Hantverkargatan 11B, Stockholm SWEDENPhone +46(0)8 546 44 000
P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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