IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i17p10688-d899380.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Most Common Handball Injuries: A Systematic Review

Author

Listed:
  • Helena Vila

    (Department of Special Didactics, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain)

  • Andrea Barreiro

    (Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain)

  • Carlos Ayán

    (Department of Special Didactics, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain)

  • Antonio Antúnez

    (Research Group in Optimization of Training and Sports Performance (GOERD), University of Extremadura, 10005 Caceres, Spain)

  • Carmen Ferragut

    (Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Science Health, University of Alcala, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain)

Abstract

Handball is a team sport involving a great physical demand from its practitioners in which a high number of injuries occur, affecting individual and collective performance. Knowledge of the injuries is of great importance for their prevention. The objective of the present study was to identify, locate and compare the most frequent injuries and injury mechanisms in handball practice. It was carried out following the Preferred Informed Item for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. The source of data collection was direct consultation of the PubMed and Medline databases. Several keywords were used for the documentary retrieval, and the quality of the studies that were selected was evaluated. Of the 707 studies retrieved, only 27 were considered appropriate for the review, and quality scores were obtained that ranged from 10 to 26 points, out of a maximum of 28. The most frequent injuries in handball players are located in the lower limbs (thigh, knee and ankle), and in the shoulder in the upper limbs. Regarding the playing position, the players who play over the 6-m line are the most affected by injuries, while the women players have a higher probability of injury. Most injuries occur during competition.

Suggested Citation

  • Helena Vila & Andrea Barreiro & Carlos Ayán & Antonio Antúnez & Carmen Ferragut, 2022. "The Most Common Handball Injuries: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(17), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:17:p:10688-:d:899380
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/17/10688/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/17/10688/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Antonio Antúnez & Sergio J. Ibáñez & Sebastian Feu, 2021. "Analysis of the Research Methodology in Spanish Doctoral Theses on Handball. A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-18, October.
    2. Javier Raya-González & Filipe Manuel Clemente & Marco Beato & Daniel Castillo, 2020. "Injury Profile of Male and Female Senior and Youth Handball Players: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-13, June.
    3. Helena Vila & Carmen Ferragut, 2019. "Throwing speed in team handball: a systematic review," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 724-736, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Francisco Martins & Cíntia França & Adilson Marques & Beatriz Iglésias & Hugo Sarmento & Ricardo Henriques & Andreas Ihle & Helder Lopes & Rui T. Ornelas & Élvio Rúbio Gouveia, 2022. "Sports Injuries of a Portuguese Professional Football Team during Three Consecutive Seasons," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Damjan Jakšić & Stefan Maričić & Nemanja Maksimović & Antonino Bianco & Damir Sekulić & Nikola Foretić & Patrik Drid, 2023. "Effects of Additional Plyometric Training on the Jump Performance of Elite Male Handball Players: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-13, January.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Antonio Antúnez & Sergio J. Ibáñez & Sebastian Feu, 2021. "Analysis of the Research Methodology in Spanish Doctoral Theses on Handball. A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-18, October.
    2. Michal Starczewski & Lech Borkowski & Piotr Zmijewski, 2020. "Repeated Sprint Ability Demands in U16 to U19 Highly Trained Handball Players Concerning Playing Position," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-9, August.
    3. Olga Calle & Antonio Antúnez & Sergio José Ibáñez & Sebastián Feu, 2023. "Pedagogical Models in Alternative Invasion Team Sports: A Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-24, September.
    4. Jaime Tuquet & Juan Carlos Zapardiel & Jose M. Saavedra & Diego Jaén-Carrillo & Demetrio Lozano, 2020. "Relationship between Anthropometric Parameters and Throwing Speed in Amateur Male Handball Players at Different Ages," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-9, September.
    5. Ammar Nebigh & Raouf Hammami & Sofien Kasmi & Haithem Rebai & Benjamin Drury & Mokhtar Chtara & Roland van den Tillaar, 2022. "The Influence of Maturity Status on Dynamic Balance Following 6 Weeks of Eccentric Hamstring Training in Youth Male Handball Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-9, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:17:p:10688-:d:899380. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.