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Introduction: Sports injuries in adolescents vary due to factors such as type of sport, time spent and level of demand. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in adolescent athletes. Methods: Data collection of records (containing age, date of birth, height, body mass, sport, gender, anatomical location, classification and origin of the lesion) of the athletes met in the service of Physiotherapy of the EMI-UCS, who had musculoskeletal injuries July 2005 to June 2009. Results: Males had higher number of lesions (67.6%). Most injuries were traumatic (69%). Volleyball had a higher number of injuries (28.0%). The most frequent injury was ankle sprain (24.8%) and had higher prevalence of knee injuries (25.3%). Conclusion: It is of great importance for studies on the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries because it enables professionals working with sports to plan your workouts and can prevent possible injury.