Identificación de las lesiones deportivas como accidentes laborales en deportistas de fútbol profesional.

Abstract

Introduction: sports injury can be any complaint or musculoskeletal, traumatic or overload condition, occurred during competition or training, and that requires medical attention, complications of other consequences for the athlete, related to the absence of competition or training. This monograph aims to understand What sports injuries can affect the competitive frequency of professional soccer players? What factors produce sports injuries in professional soccer athletes? What types of overload injuries can occur in professional soccer athletes? In order to solve these questions, a bibliographic review is made in different databases on (scientific articles, books, degree projects, etc.), which show studies carried out in different international and national contexts with the subject of study. Objective: Cover sports injuries in professional footballers from the perspective of the workplace safety system to give them recognition as workers exposed to risk factors that lead to workplace accidents and occupational diseases.Conclusion: Considering high-performance athletes as workers entitles them to the right to belong to occupational risk insurers, where they are provided with all the necessary medical services during their sports growth and process, as well as the surveillance processes within of the promotion and prevention plans, thus avoiding the increase in the injury rate.