ASSOCIATION OF MUSCULO-SKELETON INJURIES WITH ANATOMICAL SITES AMONG

PLAYERS OF SELECTED SPORTS 

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav

 Abstract

The epidemiological study was undertaken to give an overview of relative frequency of musculoskeletal sports injuries documented by survey on randomly chosen inter-university level sportsmen pertaining to selected sport. Inter university level players (21±2.5 years) from different sport (i.e. football, hockey, volleyball, basketball, athletics) completed a systematically prepared injury report questionnaire. According to the criteria marked by the researcher, the participants who had to keep away from the practice sessions for more than one week due to reported injury were considered as injured. The self report injury questionnaire included various parameters to be enquired such as: type of sport, age, type of injury and anatomical site of injury etc. The data was analyzed using chi square and descriptive statistics. The results of the study suggested that the sports such as football and basketball which include cutting and turning maneuvers are prone to lower limb injuries (i.e. knee and ankle). Badminton players sustain injuries on almost all the major anatomical sites. The results showed that track & field athletes mostly suffer with hamstring (37%), ankle (23%) and knee injuries (21%). Weight lifters were much prone to Back (47%) and knee (27%) injuries. Chi square test revealed a significant association i.e. p value (.000) Ë‚ 0.05 among different anatomical sites of injuries and selected sport.

Keywords: Musculo-Skeleton, Injuries and Anatomical Sites