Key result
Nigerian male youth football players demonstrated poor to fair knowledge of injury prevention with a mean score of 4.40 out of 9, and 73.1% reported lacking medical attendants during matches.
Population
Male youth football players registered in a first-division youth football league in Lagos, Nigeria, mean age…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Underscores need for injury prevention education and medical support in Nigerian youth football; hypothesis-generating for effects on injury rates.
Cross-Sectional (n=182)
There is a significant deficiency in knowledge and implementation of injury prevention measures, as well as a lack of medical care, among male youth football players in Nigeria.
Owoeye et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Male youth football players (n=182). Nigerian male youth football players demonstrated poor to fair knowledge of injury prevention with a mean score of 4.40 out of 9, and 73.1% reported lacking medical attendants during matches.
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