Prospective Epidemiology of Sports Injuries in Boys and Girls Students, First Sport for All Olympiad of Universities and Institutions

Abstract

Objectives: A prospective study of the epidemiology of sports injuries in boys and girls students participating in the first sport for all Olympiad in Iranian universities and institutes. Methods: The Olympiad attended 1123 athletes from 183 universities and higher education institutions for 6 days in 6 sports. In this study, the injury is referred as any musculoskeletal complaints that require medical intervention and people who referred to the clinic at the Olympiad because of the injury were the samples. The information completed through the injury registration forms. For analysis of data, SPSS software version 18 and χ2 test were used and the tables and charts were used to express the findings. Results: A total of 136 injuries were recorded in 190 competitions. In boys, the 43 injuries at the rate of 0.07 were reported. In girls, 93 injuries were at the rate of 0.16 per person were reported. Boys' injured regions were more related to knees and shins (21.4%), in girls, thighs (28.3%), and ankles (20.7%) were the most injured. The most injuries in boys and girls were muscle cramps. The most injuries severity of participants were mild. The reason for most injuries for boys, where the lack of warm-up (29.78%) and the girls was excessive exercises pressure (27%). Conclusions: The injury rate was significant compared to other studies and there were higher in girls than boys. Thighs were the most injured region in girls, shins and knees were the most injured in boys. The most severe type of injuries was mild.