INTRODUCTION: The Brazilian rodeo (vaquejada) is a genuinely native sport, with a tradition of more than 100 years, and until then there was no knowledge of the prevalence of injuries in this sport. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire with subjective and objective questions. The study included 74 athletes, male, mean age of 33. Results: It was found 208 injuries in 74 athletes, with mean of 2.8 injuries per athlete. The area most affected was the upper limb (75%), followed by lower limb (20%), trunk (3%) and head and face (2%). The highest prevalence of injury was sprain with 84 lesions. CONCLUSION: The vaquejada is associated with a high rate of orthopedic injury and may exclude competitors for long periods of time.
Athletic injuries; sports medicine; prevalence; brazilian rodeio (vaquejada)
