Objective:

To compare the injury behavior in athletes after a neuromuscular warm-up program for injury prevention.

Material and methods:

80 athletes in the sports of underwater activities, badminton, judo, weightlifting, skating, triathlon, and taekwondo from the Cauca Department, a quasi-experimental comparative study was carried out, applying a before and after preventive program of structured neuromuscular warming for lesions surveillance. A form to track the behavior of the injury was used.

Results:

Before the application of the injury prevention program, 55% of the athletes presented injury, tendinophaty, and sprains being more frequently, where the knee was the most affected joint, while, after the application of the prevention program, lesions appeared in 34% (36/80) of the athletes; clinically, it was observed that combat, time, and brand sports presented a reduction of injury in 25.8% and 2.8%, respectively, post intervention. On the other hand, balls and racket sports increased the incidence of injury in 20%; the comparison of the results before and after applying the program for the variables type of injury, sports practice, structure, and area of injury did not show statistical significance among themselves.

Conclusion:

The neuromuscular warming program for injury prevention presented clinical differences in the incidence of injury after the intervention, although these were not statistically significant.

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