FOOTBALL INJURIES IN EARLY REPUBLIC ERA OF TURKEY: A DETAILED CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER COPIES

Abstract

Objective: Aim of study is to determine the football injuries that occurred in football matches played in 1937-1938 National Cluster (in Turkish: Milli Küme) Football Season by using newspaper clippings of period and to analyze the content with the current sports medicine approach. Material and Methods: In study, in order to examine the sports injuries in 1937-1938 football season, newspapers of period to be used in content analysis were determined. These newspapers were reviewed from digital archive at www.gastearsivi.com. In study, which did not require ethics committee approval in terms of its scope, football injuries mentioned in newspaper clippings were categorized according to football injury classification. Results: A total of 37 sports injuries were detected in 48 games played throughout the season. Among these 37 injuries, 38% (n=14) contusion, 24% (n=9) strain or sprain, 13% (n=5) concussion, 11% (n=3) laceration, 8% (n) according to injury type. =3) fatigue, 3% (n=1) blunt abdominal trauma, and 3% (n=1) disease; When we examined according to injury site, 59% (n=22) lower extremity, 24% (n=9) head, 11% (n=4) whole body, 3% (n=1) upper extremity and 3% (n=1) abdominal region injuries were detected. 64% of these injuries were caused by contact (n=24), 36% (n=13) by non-contact injury mechanism. Conclusion: Football injuries were common in 1937-38 National Cluster season. Although the diagnosis and/or treatment approaches are different from today's due to medical and sports conditions of period, it is valuable to be able to comment on period in line with information obtained from the newspaper clippings. In line with this result, we believe that our study will shed light on similar studies to be conducted in the future methodologically.