Prevalence of Sport Injuries among professional Soccer players in Riyadh Province Clubs

The most popular sport worldwide is Football (soccer). As per the Statistical Yearbook of 2018 which produced by the general authority of statistics in Saudi Arabia number of the football player in Saudi Arabia reach 18,842. The study aims to identify the prevalence of sport injuries, regarding most common injuries reported and how it has been treated among professional soccer players in Riyadh clubs during 2017-2018 competitions. Methodology: A cross-sectional study design was conduct in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 146 male professional soccer players in Riyadh Province clubs, Saudi Arabia which includes: Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabbab, Al-Faisaly and Al-Feiha who's participated in 2017-2018 competitions. A self-administered questionnaire was designed for this study in line with the objective, used to collect the data on pattern of injury, injury history, first aid and physiotherapy treatment. Data analysis plan SPSS statistical software version 23.0 will be used for data entry, data management and analysis. We will calculate frequencies of all studied variables and determinants using (Statistical Product and Service Solution) computer software package. Results: A total of 146 football players were enrolled, all players returned the questionnaire, all returned questionnaires were analyzed, there were 102 injuries recorded among 146 football players. There were 94 (92.15%) players with lower limb injuries, among them with strain injury, 23 (22.54%), sprain injury 20 (19.6%) and players with lower limb injuries, 4(3.92%). Type of treatment received among 102 injuries. cryotherapy followed by rest 72(70.58%) was the commonest to be used, for recovery from their injury time taken was analyzed under six categories, (17.64%) players take 6 to 10 days for recovery, as the majority of 51 (50%) players take 11 to 40 days recovery. Conclusion: The prevalence of any injury among football players was very high. Lower extremities injuries are highly prevalent than upper limb, Muscle and tendon injuries were the most common injuries. Fractures and bones stress with dislocation were the least frequent injuries. It is important to first identify the factors that increase the risk of football injury, so that steps can be taken to improve the much-needed injury prevention program.