Rev.int.med.cienc.act.fís.deporte - vol. 18 - número 70 - ISSN: 1577-0354 331 Jiménez-Olmedo, J.M.; Penichet-Tomás, A.; Pueo, B.; Chinchilla-Mira, J.J. y Pérez-Turpín, J.A (2018) Patrón lesivo en campeonato de España universitario de vóley playa / Pattern of Injuries in Beach Volleyball at the Spanish National University Championship. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte vol. 18 (70) pp. 331-340 Http://cdeporte.rediris.es/revista/revista70/artincidencia912.htm DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15366/rimcafd2018.70.008 ORIGINAL PATTERN OF INJURIES IN BEACH VOLLEYBALL AT THE SPANISH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIP PATRÓN LESIVO EN CAMPEONATO DE ESPAÑA UNIVERSITARIO DE VÓLEY PLAYA Jiménez-Olmedo, J.M.; Penichet-Tomás, A.; Pueo, B.; Chinchilla-Mira, J.J. and Pérez-Turpín, J.A. Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Alicante, España, j.olmedo@gcloud.ua.es, alfonso.penichet@ua.es, basilio@ua.es, jj.chinchilla@gcloud.ua.es, jose.perez@ua.es Spanish-English translators: Elena Candia García, Department of World Languages and Cultures at UNLV, elena.gandia@unlv.edu Código UNESCO / UNESCO code: 5899 Otras especialidades (Educación Física y Deporte) / Other specialities (Physical Education and Sports) Clasificación del Consejo de Europa / Council of Europe Classification: 4. Educación Física y deporte comparado / Physical Education and Sport Recibido 5 de abril de 2016 Received April 5, 2016 Aceptado 11 de agosto de 2016 Accepted August 11, 2016 ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to study the most common injuries in university beach volleyball players. The sample consisted in 33 athletes participating in the University Spanish Championship. Injuries were assessed by means of personal interviews and a validated questionnaire. Results show that the body region with the highest incidence was the ankle (33%), followed by the fingers (18.5%), knees (13.0%), shoulders (11.1%) and back (5.6%). Also, information on the moment of injury (competition or training), origin (impact or overuse) and characteristic of the injury (new or recurrent injury). Statistical processing of data for establishing significant differences was performed using the Chi-square test. Results showed a harmful effect, which differs from that of professional volley players, probably as a result of the level, hours of training and requirements of the game.