title: IINCIDENCE OF ANKLE SPRAINS IN SOCCER PLAYERS WITH JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Eighty-three soccer players aged between 14 and 19 years, in the basic category of a professional soccer club in the city of Belo Horizonte, were followed up during the 2009 season.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective observational cohort study was conducted, in which these soccer players were divided randomly into two groups. The first consisted of individuals with joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS), totaling 22 players, and the second was a control group with 61 players without this syndrome, determined through a physical examinati.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups were studied with regard to incidence of ankle sprains. At the end of this period, the data were compiled and statistical analysis was performed. A total of 43 cases of ankle injury due to sprains were recorded, of which nine episodes were in players with JHS, thus making p = 0.106. The significance level was 5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We were able to conclude that in our study there was insufficient evidence to assert that there is an association with increased incidence of ankle sprains among patients with JHS.
authors.affiliation: Preceptor of the Medical Residency Service of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Hospital Universitário São José - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Barreiros
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Preceptor of the Medical Residency Service of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Hospital Universitário São José - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabricio Melo
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.affiliation: Former Resident of the Medical Residency Service of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Hospital Universitário São José - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tallys Campos
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Former Resident of the Medical Residency Service of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Hospital Universitário São José - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Manso
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.affiliation: Former Student of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Hospital Universitário São José - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Baldez
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Master's degree in Orthopedics from USP; Associate Professor of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic of the Minas Gerais School of Medical Sciences - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Campos Pace
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lasmar
keywords: Ankle; Joint Instability; Soccer