Study Regarding the Identification of Sport Teams Injuries at University of Oradea

Abstract

Sports injuries have long been recognized as a global health problem that requires a public health approach to reduce their impact. The aims of this study were to evaluate the incidence of injuries in university athletes. Methods: 70 students registered in the Oradea University Sports Club, from different sports branches, were included in the study. We apply the NCAA Injury Surveillance System adapted for Romania, by native English speakers and English language experts to ensure the cultural adaptation and efficient transposition. Results: The questionnaire results show that all subjects have suffered at least one accident since practicing sports at the University and injury occurred in competition for 40% or in practice for 60% of the respondents. The data show that 31.11% of the respondents practicing performance sports were injured in the first half of training, 26.67% in the second part of training, 24.44% of the surveyed respondents were injured in the first game, 11.11% in the second game, 4.44% in the third game, and only 2.23% were injured during the warm-up. At the level of the lower limb, most injuries were to the knee and ankle. Regarding the knee structures that were injured, 14.28% of the survey participants mentioned the collateral ligament, 21.43% anterior cruciate ligament, 7.14% posterior cruciate ligament, 42.86% meniscus and 14.29% patella and/or patellar tendon. Discussion: The main causes of these can be insufficient time allocated to the recovery after the effort, the lack of special recovery procedures and the inadequate warming up of the athletes. As a result, in order to prevent them, the physical training program should aim to increase the flexibility of the muscles, toning the muscles, increasing the mobility of the joints and training the stabilizing muscles. Conclusions: Following the analysis of the applied questionnaire, it was found that most injuries were suffered at the level of the knee and ankle, among team sports, and at the level of the upper part of the foot and heel, among athletes.