Dartel Ferrari de Lima1, Verônica Gabriela Silva Piovani1, Lohran Anguera Lima2. 1. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Departamento de Educação Física, Marechal Cândido Rondon, PR, Brasil. 2. Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to describe the profile of recreational adult soccer players who lived in the Brazilian capitals in the period from 2011 to 2015. METHODS: descriptive study with a sample of adults interviewed by the Surveillance System for Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey - VIGITEL (2011 to 2015). RESULTS: 11.812 adults (11.375 men and 437 women) pointed to soccer as their main leisure physical exercise, with higher prevalence in the North region (32%) and lower in the South region (10%) of the country; the average reduction of soccer players 3.4% for every 5 years over age (95%CI 2.9;4.1); from 2011 to 2015, there was decrease in the number of soccer players, -1.4% per year (95%CI -0,7;2,2). CONCLUSION: the practice of soccer was predominantly male, presented an inverse relationship with the increase of age, more prevalent in the Northern region and less prevalent in the Southern region.
OBJECTIVE: to describe the profile of recreational adult soccer players who lived in the Brazilian capitals in the period from 2011 to 2015. METHODS: descriptive study with a sample of adults interviewed by the Surveillance System for Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey - VIGITEL (2011 to 2015). RESULTS: 11.812 adults (11.375 men and 437 women) pointed to soccer as their main leisure physical exercise, with higher prevalence in the North region (32%) and lower in the South region (10%) of the country; the average reduction of soccer players 3.4% for every 5 years over age (95%CI 2.9;4.1); from 2011 to 2015, there was decrease in the number of soccer players, -1.4% per year (95%CI -0,7;2,2). CONCLUSION: the practice of soccer was predominantly male, presented an inverse relationship with the increase of age, more prevalent in the Northern region and less prevalent in the Southern region.
Authors: Luiz Gabriel Betoni Guglielmetti; Victor Eduardo Roman Salas; Pedro Baches Jorge; Fabrício Roberto Severino; Aires Duarte; Victor Marques de Oliveira; Ricardo de Paula Leite Cury Journal: Orthop J Sports Med Date: 2021-09-24