Soccer practice is steadily increasing in the world and brings its statistics of injuries, most of them acute and minor. There is a better understanding of the epidemiology and biomechanics in the genesis of such injuries. This electronic presentation on soccer injuries in children outlines the following: 1. Review of epidemiology and biomechanics factors (equipment, athletic skills, contact sport). 2. Mechanisms of injury: headings, avulsion, contusion, fracture, twisting knee injury, overuse). 3. Imaging characteristics at various sites of injury. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Oudjhane Kamaldine, Alzahrani Ahmed

Keywords: soccer, children, biomechanics, anterior cruciate ligament, muscle strain