Orthopedic injuries in a formation of a soccer club

INTRODUCTION: Football is one of the most popular sports in the world with approximately 400 million practitioners. All physical activity generates an overload somewhere in the locomotor system, above all, in young athletes. OBJECTIVE: To conduct the epidemiological survey of orthopedic injuries in a medical department of the categories of junior soccer a football club in Curitiba. METHODS: Epidemiological survey of injuries in 310 different athletes during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. RESULTS: The number of recorded visits was 3.64 per athlete orthopedic complaints in two years. Furthermore, we find 2.88 injuries/1,000 hours of play, and the junior (under 20 and under 18) with the highest rate (3.05). The most frequent injury was contusion (32.15%), lower limbs, especially the thigh (3.94%). The higher incidence of injuries occurred in the Middle - campers (30.65%), being the training responsible for 88.31% of the complaints. CONCLUSION: The epidemiological survey of medical care is a medical department is an important tool for analysis of the main complaints, as well as the primary means of prevention and maintaining the health of athletes.